Functions of the apple TFL1/FT orthologs in phase transition

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 156, Issue , 2013, Pages 106-112

  Mimida, Naozumi ^a   Komori, Sadao ^b   Suzuki, Akira ^b   Wada, Masato ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

APETALA 1 (AP1); Floral initiation; FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT); Hormones; LEAFY (LFY); Malus domestica Borkh; TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1)

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; HERB; HORMONE; JUVENILE; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHASE TRANSITION; PROTEIN; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ARABIDOPSIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 84877010700     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.04.001     Document Type: Review

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