Structure and function of florigen and the receptor complex

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 287-294

  Taoka, Ken Ichiro ^a   Ohki, Izuru ^a   Tsuji, Hiroyuki ^a   Kojima, Chojiro ^b   Shimamoto, Ko ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FLORIGEN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REVIEW; RICE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLORIGEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84877138995     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2013.02.002     Document Type: Review

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