Analysis of flowering pathway integrators in Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 292-299

  Moon, Jihyun ^a   Lee, Horim ^a   Kim, Minsoo ^a   Lee, Ilha ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flowering; Flowering pathway integrators; FT; LFY; SOC1

Indexed keywords

AGL20 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 15744379315     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pci024     Document Type: Article

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