Mobile FT mRNA contributes to the systemic florigen signalling in floral induction

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Li, Chunyang ^a,b,d   Gu, Mei ^b   Shi, Nongnong ^a,b   Zhang, Hang ^b,c   Yang, Xin ^b,d   Osman, Toba ^b,e   Liu, Yule ^f   Wang, Huizhong ^a   Vatish, Manu ^b   Jackson, Stephen ^b   Hong, Yiguo ^a,b  

^a HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c Chengdu Rongsheng Pharmaceuticals   (China)

^d Chengdu Institute of Biological Products   (China)

^e Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84860119291     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00073     Document Type: Article

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