SQUAMOSA-PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN 1 initiates flowering in Antirrhinum majus through the activation of meristem identity genes

Plant Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 704-712

  Preston, Jill C ^a   Hileman, Lena C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Antirrhinum majus; Floral meristem identity genes; Flowering time; SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN; Virus induced gene silencing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; FLORAL MERISTEM IDENTITY GENES; FLORAL MERISTEMS; FLOWERING-TIME; PROMOTER-BINDING PROTEINS; VIRUS-INDUCED GENE SILENCING;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PROTEINS; VIRUSES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; SBP1 PROTEIN, ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA, PLANT;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CORE EUDICOTYLEDONS;

EID: 77952132966     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04184.x     Document Type: Article

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