The florigen genes FT and TSF modulate lateral shoot outgrowth in arabidopsis thaliana

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 352-368

  Hiraoka, Kazuhisa ^a   Yamaguchi, Ayako ^a   Abe, Mitsutomo ^a,b   Araki, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Branching; Florigen; FT (FLOWERING LOCUS T); Lateral shoot outgrowth; TSF (TWIN SISTER OF FT)

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLORIGEN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TSF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLORIGEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOT TEMPERATURE; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE BINDING PROTEIN; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84874846520     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs168     Document Type: Article

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