Control of Flowering Time

Regulation of Transcription in Plants

Volumn 29, Issue , 2007, Pages 225-252

  Van Nocker, Steven ^a   Ek Ramos, Maria Julissa ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Amine oxidation; Flowering control; Flowering locus C (FLC) expression; Gene expression; Pleiotropic regulators

Indexed keywords

EID: 60249085625     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988886.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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