Autophagy regulated by day length determines the number of fertile florets in wheat

Plant Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1010-1024

  Ghiglione, Hernán O ^a   Gonzalez, Fernanda G ^a,c   Serrago, Román ^a   Maldonado, Sara B ^a   Chilcott, Charles ^b   Curá, José A ^a   Miralles, Daniel J ^a   Zhu, Tong ^b   Casal, Jorge J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b SYNGENTA BIOTECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Floret development; Transcriptome; Wheat

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA MICROARRAY; FERTILITY; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WHEAT;

AUTOPHAGY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RNA, PLANT; SUCROSE; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 51249115364     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2008.03570.x     Document Type: Article

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