Functional characterization of FT and MFT ortholog genes in orchid (Dendrobium nobile Lindl) that regulate the vegetative to reproductive transition in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-151

  Li, Ruihong ^a,b   Wang, Aike ^a   Sun, Shulan ^a   Liang, Shan ^a   Wang, Xiaojing ^a   Ye, Qingsheng ^a   Li, Hongqing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Dendrobium nobile Lindl; FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT); Flowering time; MOTHER OF FT (MFT)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PLANT; BINDING PROTEINS; DENDROBIUM NOBILE; EARLY-FLOWERING; ECTOPIC EXPRESSIONS; FLOWER BUDS; FLOWERING LOCUS T; FLOWERING-TIME; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; HIGHER PLANTS; LATE-FLOWERING; LOW TEMPERATURE TREATMENT; MATURE LEAVES; MOTHER OF FT (MFT); ORTHOLOGS; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHOSPHOETHANOLAMINE; REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH;

GENES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; DENDROBIUM; DENDROBIUM NOBILE; EMBRYOPHYTA; ORCHIDACEAE; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84867099002     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-012-0178-x     Document Type: Article

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