Integrating hormones into the floral-transition pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1201-1210

  Davis, Seth J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flowering time; Plant hormones phytohormones

Indexed keywords

CYTOKININ; GIBBERELLIN; HETEROCYCLIC STEROID; PHYTOHORMONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ANGIOSPERM; ANNUAL PLANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLORA; FLOWERING; HORMONE; PHYTOPLANKTON; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; SIGNALING; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOKININS; FLOWERS; GIBBERELLINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SALICYLIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 68249117218     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2009.01968.x     Document Type: Article

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