The multifaceted roles of FLOWERING LOCUS T in plant development

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1742-1755

  Pin, P A ^a   Nilsson, O ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

florigen; Gene duplication; Mobile signal; Molecular evolution; Neo functionalization; Plant diversification; tuberigen

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLORIGEN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PLANT; PROTEIN; SIGNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANGIOSPERM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANGIOSPERMS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLORIGEN; FLOWERS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84865864643     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02558.x     Document Type: Article

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