The genetic basis of flowering responses to seasonal cues

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 627-639

  Andrés, Fernando ^a   Coupland, George ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H3; PHYTOCHROME; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APICAL MERISTEM; ARABIDOPSIS; AUTUMN; BARLEY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHOOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUGAR BEET; SUMMER; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TREE; VERNALIZATION; WHEAT; WINTER;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84865272275     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg3291     Document Type: Review

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