Over-expression of an AT-hook gene, AHL22, delays flowering and inhibits the elongation of the hypocotyl in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Xiao, Chaowen ^a   Chen, Fulu ^a   Yu, Xuhong ^b   Lin, Chentao ^b   Fu, Yong Fu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; AT hook; Flowering time; Hypocotyl; Photomorphogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; AT HOOK MOTIF; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; AT-HOOK MOTIFS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HYPOCOTYL; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIOD;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 67849130404     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-009-9507-9     Document Type: Article

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