A genetic framework for flowering-time pathways in Citrus spp

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2007, Pages 769-779

  Dornelas, Marcelo Carnier ^a   Camargo, Raquel Luciana Boscariol ^b   Figueiredo, Luciana Harumi Morimoto ^b   Takita, Marco Aurélio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO AGRONÔMICO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CONSTANS; Flowering time genes; Photoperiod; Reproduction; Reproductive development

Indexed keywords

GIBBERELLIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FLOWERING; GENE CLUSTER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CITRUS;

EID: 38049153697     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1415-47572007000500006     Document Type: Article

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