Florigen: One found, more to follow?

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 617-621

  Yu, Xuhong ^a   Klejnot, John ^a   Lin, Chentao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Florigen; Flowering; Light; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; PHOTOPERIOD; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33744960853     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2006.00309.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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