Move on up, it's time for change - Mobile signals controlling photoperiod-dependent flowering

Genes and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 2371-2384

  Kobayashi, Yasushi ^a   Weigel, Detlef ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CONSTANS; Floral induction; Flowering; FLOWERING LOCUS T; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLOWERING; GENETICS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 34948866143     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1589007     Document Type: Review

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