Florigen (II): It is a mobile protein

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1665-1669

  Yang, Yuejun ^a   Klejnot, John ^b   Yu, Xuhong ^b   Liu, Xuanming ^a   Lin, Chentao ^a,b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Florigen; Flowering; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; FLOWERING; LEAF; PLANT; PROTEIN; RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS MAXIMA;

EID: 36549020127     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2007.00614.x     Document Type: Review

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