A Norway spruce FLOWERING LOCUS T homolog is implicated in control of growth rhythm in conifers

Plant Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 248-257

  Gyllenstrand, Niclas ^a   Clapham, David ^b   Källman, Thomas ^a   Lagercrantz, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEINS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GROWTH CESSATION; NONANGIOSPERM SPECIES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOPERIODISM; PLANTS; PROTEINS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34250640192     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.107.095802     Document Type: Article

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