Vernalization requirement duration in winter wheat is controlled by TaVRN-A1 at the protein level

Plant Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 742-753

  Li, Genqiao ^a   Yu, Ming ^a   Fang, Tilin ^a   Cao, Shuanghe ^a   Carver, Brett F ^a   Yan, Liuling ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

homeobox protein; protein interaction; Triticum aestivum; vernalization requirement duration; VRN 1; winter wheat

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERNALIZATION REQUIREMENT; VRN-1; WINTER WHEAT;

CLONING; CROPS; GENES; PROTEINS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COLD; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERNALIZATION REQUIREMENT DURATION; VRN-1; WHEAT; WINTER WHEAT;

HOMEOBOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VERNALIZATION REQUIREMENT DURATION; VRN-1; WINTER WHEAT;

ALLELES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRITICUM;

EID: 84889096565     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12326     Document Type: Article

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