Proteins from the FLOWERING LOCUS T-like subclade of the PEBP family act antagonistically to regulate floral initiation in tobacco

Plant Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 908-921

  Harig, Lena ^a   Beinecke, Farina A ^b   Oltmanns, Jan ^a   Muth, Jost ^a   Müller, Oliver ^b   Rüping, Boris ^a   Twyman, Richard M ^c   Fischer, Rainer ^a   Prüfer, Dirk ^a,b   Noll, Gundula A ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND APPLIED ECOLOGY IME   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonistic FTs; Biomass; Floral repressor; Floral transition; Flowering locus t; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAITS; ANTAGONISTIC FTS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; EXPRESSION PROFILE; FLORAL REPRESSORS; FLORAL TRANSITIONS; FLOWERING LOCUS T; GENE DUPLICATIONS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; OVER-EXPRESSION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEINS CONTROL; REGULATORY FUNCTIONS; REGULATORY PROTEIN; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; TRANSGENIC PLANTS; WILD-TYPE PLANTS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE;

BIOMASS; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANTS (BOTANY); TOBACCO; GENES; PROTEINS;

PROTEINS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

GIBBERELLIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BASE SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GIBBERELLINS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHLOEM; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 84871996929     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05125.x     Document Type: Article

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