Homologs of FT, CEN and FD respond to developmental and environmental signals affecting growth and flowering in the perennial vine kiwifruit

New Phytologist

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 732-746

  Varkonyi Gasic, Erika ^a   Moss, Sarah M A ^a   Voogd, Charlotte ^a   Wang, Tianchi ^a   Putterill, Joanna ^b   Hellens, Roger P ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Actinidia; CENTRORADIALIS; Flowering; FLOWERING LOCUS D; FLOWERING LOCUS T; Winter chilling

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FD PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TFL1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACCUMULATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DORMANCY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FLOWERING; FRUIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HOMOLOGY; MATURATION; PERENNIAL PLANT; SURVIVAL;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ACTINIDIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT STEMS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACTINIDIA; ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; ARABIDOPSIS; PHYLLANTHUS (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 84876407699     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12162     Document Type: Article

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