A genetic network of flowering-time genes in wheat leaves, in which an APETALA1/FRUITFULL-like gene, VRN1, is upstream of FLOWERING LOCUS T

Plant Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 668-681

  Shimada, Sanae ^a   Ogawa, Taiichi ^b   Kitagawa, Satoshi ^a   Suzuki, Takayuki ^a   Ikari, Chihiro ^a   Shitsukawa, Naoki ^a   Abe, Tomoko ^c   Kawahigashi, Hiroyuki ^b   Kikuchi, Rie ^b   Handa, Hirokazu ^b,d   Murai, Koji ^a  

^a FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flowering; Genetic network; Photoperiod; Vernalization; Wheat

Indexed keywords

MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, PLANT; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 66149171180     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2009.03806.x     Document Type: Article

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