Apple FLOWERING LOCUS T proteins interact with transcription factors implicated in cell growth and organ development

Tree Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 555-566

  Mimida, Naozumi ^a,b   Kidou, Shin Ichiro ^b,d   Iwanami, Hiroshi ^a   Moriya, Shigeki ^a   Abe, Kazuyuki ^a   Voogd, Charlotte ^c   Varkonyi Gasic, Erika ^c   Kotoda, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

apple (Malus domestica Borkh.); FLOWERING LOCUS T; TCP family; Vascular plant One Zinc finger protein (VOZ); yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CROP YIELD; CYTOLOGY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FLOWERING; FRUIT PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPLE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT GENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MALUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79958184789     PISSN: 0829318X     EISSN: 17584469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/treephys/tpr028     Document Type: Article

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