The Arabidopsis SOC1-like genes AGL42, AGL71 and AGL72 promote flowering in the shoot apical and axillary meristems

Plant Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1006-1017

  Dorca Fornell, Carmen ^a,c   Gregis, Veronica ^a   Grandi, Valentina ^a   Coupland, George ^b   Colombo, Lucia ^a   Kater, Martin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

axillary meristem; floral transition; gibberellins; MADS box gene; SOC1

Indexed keywords

AXILLARY MERISTEM; FLORAL TRANSITIONS; GIBBERELLINS; MADS-BOX GENES; SOC1;

GENES; TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGL20 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GIBBERELLIN; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERING TOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SHOOTS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 80052427529     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04653.x     Document Type: Article

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