The brassica rapa FLC homologue FLC2 is a key regulator of flowering time, identified through transcriptional co-expression networks

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 64, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 4503-4516

  Xiao, Dong ^a,b   Zhao, Jian J ^a,c   Hou, Xi L ^b   Basnet, Ram K ^a,d   Carpio, Dunia P D ^e   Zhang, Ning W ^a   Bucher, Johan ^a   Lin, Ke ^f   Cheng, Feng ^f   Wang, Xiao W ^f   Bonnema, Guusje ^a,d,f  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

^d CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Brassica rapa; Candidate gene mapping; Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL); FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC); Flowering time; Gene expression networks; Genome triplication

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRASSICA RAPA; CANDIDATE GENE MAPPING; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA MICROARRAY; DUPLICATE GENE; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (EQTL); FLOWER; FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC).; FLOWERING TIME; GENE EXPRESSION NETWORKS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GENOME TRIPLICATION.; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TIME;

BRASSICA RAPA; CANDIDATE GENE MAPPING; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI (EQTL); FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC).; FLOWERING TIME; GENE EXPRESSION NETWORKS; GENOME TRIPLICATION.;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA RAPA; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENES, DUPLICATE; GENES, PLANT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887916649     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert264     Document Type: Article

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