PEP1 of Arabis alpina Is Encoded by Two Overlapping Genes That Contribute to Natural Genetic Variation in Perennial Flowering

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Albani, Maria C ^a   Castaings, Loren ^a   Wötzel, Stefan ^a   Mateos, Julieta L ^a   Wunder, Jörg ^a   Wang, Renhou ^a,b   Reymond, Mathieu ^a,c   Coupland, George ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIS ALPINA; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWERING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PERPETUAL FLOWERING 1 GENE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TANDEM REPEAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERNALIZATION;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ARABIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARABIS ALPINA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84872008249     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003130     Document Type: Article

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