Molecular cloning and functional characterization of genes associated with flowering in citrus using an early-flowering trifoliate orange (Poncirus trifoliata L. Raf.) mutant

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 187-204

  Zhang, Jin Zhi ^a   Ai, Xiao Yan ^a   Sun, Lei Ming ^a   Zhang, Dong Liang ^a   Guo, Wen Wu ^a   Deng, Xiu Xin ^a   Hu, Chun Gen ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tags (ESTs); Flowering time; Precocious trifoliate orange; Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH)

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRIFOLIATE ORANGE; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PONCIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

ARABIDOPSIS; CITRUS; PONCIRUS TRIFOLIATA;

EID: 79956070426     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-011-9780-2     Document Type: Article

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