Functional analysis of FT and TFL1 orthologs from Orchid (Oncidium Gower Ramsey) that regulate the vegetative to reproductive transition

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1544-1557

  Hou, Cheng Jing ^a   Yang, Chang Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Flower transition; FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT); Oncidium Gower Ramsey; TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1)

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORCHIDACEAE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINES; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ONCIDIUM GOWER RAMSEY; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 68949163242     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcp099     Document Type: Article

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