BROTHER OF FT AND TFL1 (BFT), a member of the FT/TFL1 family, shows distinct pattern of expression during the vegetative growth of Arabidopsis

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1102-1104

  Chung, Kyung Sook ^a   Yoo, So Yeon ^a   Yoo, Seong Jeon ^a   Lee, Jong Seob ^b   Ahn, Ji Hoon ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Brother of FT and TFL1; Flowering locus T; Flowering time; Subcellullar localization; Terminal flower 1

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BFT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TFL1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; DROUGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; METABOLISM; OSMOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLANT GENE;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; DROUGHTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OSMOSIS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 78149235822     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.9.12415     Document Type: Article

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