Long-distance movement of Arabidopsis FLOWERING LOCUS T RNA participates in systemic floral regulation

RNA Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 653-662

  Lu, Kuan Ju ^a,b,c   Huang, Nien Chen ^a,b   Liu, Yu Shan ^b   Lu, Chung An ^c   Yu, Tien Shin ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cleft grafting; Florigen; FT RNA; Long distance movement

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLOWERING LOCUS T PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT RNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GRAFTING; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RICE; RNA TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862208825     PISSN: 15476286     EISSN: 15558584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/rna.19965     Document Type: Article

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