Flowering: A time for integration

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 585-593

  Parcy, François ^a,b  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

Floral pathway integrator; Flowering; FT; LEAFY; SOC1

Indexed keywords

CO GENE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; FT GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; LEAFY GENE; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SHOOT; SOC1 AGL20 GENE; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; BODY PATTERNING; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 27744569952     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041930fp     Document Type: Review

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