Constitutive expression of two apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.) homolog genes of LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 affects flowering time and whole-plant growth in transgenic Arabidopsis

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 278, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 295-305

  Mimida, Naozumi ^a   Kidou, Shin Ichiro ^b   Kotoda, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apple (Malus x domestica Borkh.); Flowering time; Hybridization; LIKE HETEROCHROMATIN PROTEIN1 (LHP1); Ploidy; TERMINAL FLOWER2 (TFL2)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 34547838616     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-007-0250-0     Document Type: Article

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