Phloem-mobile signals affecting flowers: Applications for crop breeding

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 198-206

  McGarry, Roisin C ^a   Kragler, Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding; Florigen; Mobile proteins; Mobile RNA; Phloem transport; SiRNA; Virus

Indexed keywords

FLORIGEN; PHYTOHORMONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROP; EPIGENETICS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHLOEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VIROLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; EPIGENOMICS; FLORIGEN; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHLOEM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRODUCTION; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84875860645     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.01.004     Document Type: Review

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