Regulation of Constans and Flowering Locus T expression in response to changing light quality

Plant Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 269-279

  Sang, Yeol Kim ^a,b   Yu, Xuhong ^a   Michaels, Scott D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

AGL20 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONSTANS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FRI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TSF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 55549099939     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.108.122606     Document Type: Article

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