Overexpression of Medicago SVP genes causes floral defects and delayed flowering in Arabidopsis but only affects floral development in Medicago

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 429-442

  Jaudal, Mauren ^a,b   Monash, Jacob ^a   Zhang, Lulu ^a   Wen, Jiangqi ^c   Mysore, Kirankumar S ^c   Macknight, Richard ^b   Putterill, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; flowering; legume; MADS; Medicago; SVP

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; FLOWER; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LEGUME; MADS; MEDICAGO; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROPOSON; SVP.; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERING; LEGUME; MADS; MEDICAGO; SVP.;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MEDICAGO; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROELEMENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893315575     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ert384     Document Type: Article

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