Expression and Functional Analysis of the ZCN1(ZmTFL1) Gene, a TERMINAL FLOWER 1 Homologue that Regulates the Vegetative to Reproductive Transition in Maize

Plant Molecular Biology Reporter

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-66

  Chang, Lili ^a   Wu, Liancheng ^a,b   Chen, Yanhui ^a,b   Ku, Lixia ^a,b   Yang, Shuang ^a   Zhang, Shaofang ^a   Wang, Xintao ^a   Wei, Xiaomin ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The breeding base of national key lab supported by Henan province and Min of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Floral development; Maize; TERMINAL FLOWER 1; Transgenic Arabidopsis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856214174     PISSN: 07359640     EISSN: 15729818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11105-011-0317-2     Document Type: Article

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