Starch metabolism and antiflorigenic signals modulate the juvenile-to-adult phase transition in Arabidopsis

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1802-1811

  Matsoukas, Ianis G ^a   Massiah, Andrea J ^a   Thomas, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiflorigen; Carbohydrates; Flowering; Juvenility; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CATABOLISM; FLOWERING; GENETICS; JUVENILE; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; STARCH; SUGAR;

ARABIDOPSIS;

CARBOHYDRATE; FLORIGEN; STARCH;

ANTIFLORIGEN; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; JUVENILITY; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ANTIFLORIGEN; CARBOHYDRATES; FLOWERING; JUVENILITY; PHOTOPERIOD;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLORIGEN; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARCH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883553538     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12088     Document Type: Article

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