Role of vernalization and of duplicated FLOWERING LOCUS C in the perennial arabidopsis lyrata

New Phytologist

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 323-335

  Kemi, Ulla ^a   Niittyvuopio, Anne ^a   Toivainen, Tuomas ^a   Pasanen, Anu ^a   Quilot Turion, Bénédicte ^b   Holm, Karl ^c   Lagercrantz, Ulf ^c   Savolainen, Outi ^a   Kuittinen, Helmi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis lyrata; Expression quantitative trait locus; Flowering; FLOWERING LOCUS C; Gene duplication; Gene expression; Vernalization

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

DICOTYLEDON; DNA; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PERENNIAL PLANT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERNALIZATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DUPLICATE GENE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, PLANT; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, PLANT; INTRONS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS LYRATA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84870245585     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2012.04378.x     Document Type: Article

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