The nature of floral signals in Arabidopsis. II. Roles for FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) and gibberellin

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3821-3829

  Hisamatsu, Tamotsu ^a,b   King, Rod W ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF VEGETABLE AND TEA SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; c long day.l; Far red light; Flowering; FT; Gibberellin

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; GIBBERELLIN; GIBBERELLIN, 2 OXOGLUTARATE OXYGEN OXIDOREDUCTASE (20 HYDROXYLATING, OXIDIZING); GIBBERELLIN, 2-OXOGLUTARATE-OXYGEN OXIDOREDUCTASE (20-HYDROXYLATING, OXIDIZING); MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 55249084199     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern232     Document Type: Article

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