Distinct roles of GIGANTEA in promoting flowering and regulating circadian rhythms in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2255-2270

  Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Wright, Louisa ^b   Fujiwara, Sumire ^a   Cremer, Frédéric ^b   Lee, Karen ^c   Onouchi, Hitoshi ^c   Mouradov, Aidyn ^b   Fowler, Sarah ^d   Kamada, Hiroshi ^a   Putterill, Joanna ^d   Coupland, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN CLOCK; FLOWERING; GIGANTEA;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOWERS; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONSTANS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYPOCOTYL; LIGHT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 27744434216     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.033464     Document Type: Article

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