Stress-induced early flowering is mediated by miR169 in Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 89-101

  Xu, Miao Yun ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Li, Wei Wei ^a   Hu, Xiao Long ^a   Wang, Ming Bo ^b   Fan, Yun Liu ^a   Zhang, Chun Yi ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

FLC; flowering; microRNA; miR169; NF YA family; stress

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CCAAT BINDING FACTOR; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; MICRORNA; MIRN169 MICRORNA, ARABIDOPSIS; NF YA2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; NF-YA2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COLD; FLC; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MIR169; NF-YA FAMILY.; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

FLC; FLOWERING; MICRORNA; MIR169; NF-YA FAMILY.; STRESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CCAAT-BINDING FACTOR; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MICRORNAS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, PLANT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84892726242     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert353     Document Type: Article

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