Comparative Analysis of FLC Homologues in Brassicaceae Provides Insight into Their Role in the Evolution of Oilseed Rape

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Zou, Xiaoxiao ^a   Suppanz, Ida ^b   Raman, Harsh ^c   Hou, Jinna ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Long, Yan ^a   Jung, Christian ^b   Meng, Jinling ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; CULTIVAR; FLOWERING; FLOWERING LOCUS C; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENOME; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT EVOLUTION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT STRUCTURES; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RAPESEED; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYNTENY; VEGETATIVE STAGE;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; BASE SEQUENCE; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SYNTENY;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 84866950575     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045751     Document Type: Article

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