Regulated RNA processing in the control of Arabidopsis flowering

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 773-780

  Quesada, Victor ^a   Dean, Caroline ^b   Simpson, Gordon G ^c,d  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Flowering time; miRNA; RNA processing; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; PROTEIN FCA; PROTEIN FLK; PROTEIN FPA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAMOUS GENE; ARABIDOPSIS; AUTOREGULATION; FLC GENE; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, PLANT; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 27744607687     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.051995vq     Document Type: Review

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