Role of FRIGIDA and FLOWERING LOCUS C in determining variation in flowering time of Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1163-1173

  Shindo, Chikako ^a   Aranzana, Maria Jose ^b   Lister, Clare ^a   Baxter, Catherine ^a   Nicholls, Colin ^a   Nordborg, Magnus ^b   Dean, Caroline ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ALLELIC VARIATION; FLOWERING TIME; FRIGIDA (FRI); HAPLOTYPES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

FLOWERS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHENOTYPES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FRI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 26944454449     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.105.061309     Document Type: Article

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