The Arabidopsis FLC protein interacts directly in vivo with SOC1 and FT chromatin and is part of a high-molecular-weight protein complex

Plant Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 183-192

  Helliwell, Chris A ^a   Wood, Craig C ^a   Robertson, Masumi ^a   James Peacock, W ^a   Dennis, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

DNA binding; FLC; Flowering; FT; Protein complexes; SOC1

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

DNA BINDING; FLC; FLOWERING; PROTEIN COMPLEXES;

PROTEINS;

AGL20 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; GENETICS; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA PRIMERS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GENES; INOCULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33646832552     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2006.02686.x     Document Type: Article

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