Molecular basis of late-flowering phenotype caused by dominant epi-alleles of the FWA locus in Arabidopsis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-220

  Ikeda, Yoko ^a   Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a,b,d   Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a   Abe, Mitsutomo ^a   Araki, Takashi ^a,b,c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Epi mutant; Flowering; FT; FWA; Protein interaction

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FWA PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DOMINANT GENE; FLOWER; GENE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FLOWERS; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHENOTYPE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 33847177329     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcl061     Document Type: Article

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