Overexpression of TaVRN1 in Arabidopsis promotes early flowering and alters development

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1192-1206

  Adam, Hélène ^a   Ouellet, François ^a   Kane, Ndjido A ^a   Agharbaoui, Zahra ^a   Major, Geneviève ^a   Tominaga, Yoko ^a   Sarhan, Fathey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Development; Flowering; MADS box; Vernalization; Wheat

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548019983     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcm089     Document Type: Article

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