Delayed flowering time in Arabidopsis and Brassica rapa by the overexpression of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC) homologs isolated from Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Kim, Soo Yun ^a,b   Park, Beom Seok ^a   Kwon, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Jungsun ^a   Lim, Myung Ho ^a   Park, Young Doo ^b   Kim, Dool Yi ^a   Suh, Seok Chul ^a   Jin, Yong Moon ^a   Ahn, Ji Hoon ^c   Lee, Yeon Hee ^a  

^a National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chinese cabbage; Flowering time; Transcript level; Transgenic plants

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; PROTEINS;

CHINESE CABBAGE; FLOWERING TIME; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; TRANSGENIC PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TIME FACTORS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 33847236289     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-006-0243-1     Document Type: Article

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