Flower development in garlic: The ups and downs of gaLFY expression

Planta

Volumn 233, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1063-1072

  Neta, Rotem ^a   David Schwartz, Rakefet ^b,c   Peretz, Yuval ^a   Sela, Ilan ^a   Rabinowitch, Haim D ^a   Flaishman, Moshe ^b   Kamenetsky, Rina ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allium sativum; DIG labeled; FISH; Florogenesis; In situ hybridization; LEAFY homologue; qPCR

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOWER; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOWERS; GARLIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ALLIUM SATIVUM;

EID: 79954422456     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-011-1361-8     Document Type: Article

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