Hypomorphic alleles reveal FCA-independent roles for FY in the regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C

Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1425-1434

  Feng, Wei ^a   Jacob, Yannick ^a,b   Veley, Kira M ^a,c   Ding, Lei ^a   Yu, Xuhong ^a   Choe, Goh ^a,d   Michaels, Scott D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 79952299705     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.167817     Document Type: Article

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