Leaf-produced floral signals

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-547

  Zeevaart, Jan AD ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONSTANS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GIBBERELLINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHLOEM; PLANT LEAVES; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 51649102244     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2008.06.009     Document Type: Review

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