Ectopic expression of a Eucalyptus grandis SVP orthologue alters the flowering time of Arabidopsis thaliana

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-224

  Brill, Elizabeth M ^a   Watson, John M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus; Floral induction; MADS box gene; SVP; Vegetative development

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DNA; GENES; VEGETATION;

ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; FLORAL ORGANS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS;

EID: 2342640242     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP03180     Document Type: Article

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