Florigen in rice: Complex gene network for florigen transcription, florigen activation complex, and multiple functions

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-235

  Tsuji, Hiroyuki ^a   Taoka, Ken Ichiro ^a   Shimamoto, Ko ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORIGEN;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; REVIEW; RICE;

FLORIGEN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; ORYZA SATIVA; PHOTOPERIOD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84878524353     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.01.005     Document Type: Review

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