Integrating long-day flowering signals: A LEAFY binding site is essential for proper photoperiodic activation of APETALA1

Plant Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1094-1102

  Benlloch, Reyes ^a,b,c,d,e,g   Kim, Min Chul ^f   Sayou, Camille ^a,b,c,d   Thévenon, Emmanuel ^a,b,c,d   Parcy, Francois ^a,b,c,d   Nilsson, Ove ^e  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

APETALA1; floral induction; FLOWERING LOCUS D; FLOWERING LOCUS T; LEAFY; photoperiod

Indexed keywords

APETALA1; FLORAL INDUCTION; FLOWERING LOCUS D; FLOWERING LOCUS T; LEAFY; PHOTOPERIOD;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GENES; PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

BINDING SITES;

AP1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 80052493151     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04660.x     Document Type: Article

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