The FLOWERING LOCUS T orthologous gene of Platanus acerifolia is expressed as alternatively spliced forms with distinct spatial and temporal patterns

Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 809-820

  Zhang, J ^a   Liu, G ^a   Guo, C ^a   He, Y ^a   Li, Z ^a,b   Ning, G ^a   Shi, X ^a   Bao, M ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Apical dominance; Floral transition; FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT); Platanus acerifolia Willd; Tree dormancy

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ISOPROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DICOTYLEDON; DORMANCY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; JUVENILE; PROTEIN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOBACCO; WILD POPULATION;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DOMINANT GENE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TREE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TREES;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PLATANUS X ACERIFOLIA;

EID: 79961022200     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2010.00432.x     Document Type: Article

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