It's time to flower: The genetic control of flowering time

BioEssays

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 363-373

  Putterill, Jo ^a   Laurie, Rebecca ^b   Macknight, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARABIDOPSIS; ASSOCIATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SEED; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RICE; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUNLIGHT; WEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 1842664361     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20021     Document Type: Review

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