The Vaccinium corymbosum FLOWERING LOCUS T-like gene (VcFT): A flowering activator reverses photoperiodic and chilling requirements in blueberry

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1759-1769

  Song, Guo qing ^a   Walworth, Aaron ^a   Zhao, Dongyan ^a   Jiang, Ning ^a   Hancock, James F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floral activator; Floral initiation; FLOWERING LOCUS T; Flowering time; Vaccinium corymbosum L.; Woody plant

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BLUEBERRY; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DNA SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BLUEBERRY PLANT; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOBACCO;

EID: 84885864343     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-013-1489-z     Document Type: Article

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