CONSTANS acts in the phloem to regulate a systemic signal that induces photoperiodic flowering of Arabidopsis

Development

Volumn 131, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3615-3626

  An, Hailong ^a   Roussot, Clotilde ^a   Suárez López, Paula ^a,c   Corbesier, Laurent ^a   Vincent, Coral ^a   Piñeiro, Manuel ^a,d   Hepworth, Shelley ^a   Mouradov, Aidyn ^a   Justin, Samuel ^b   Turnbull, Colin ^b   Coupland, George ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; CONSTANS; Flowering; FT; Grafting; Phloem; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

INHIBITOR PROTEIN; RAF PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY LENGTH; FLOWERING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PHLOEM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHOOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 4444281868     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.01231     Document Type: Article

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