GmFT4, a homolog of FLOWERING LOCUS T, is positively regulated by E1 and functions as a flowering repressor in soybean

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Zhai, Hong ^a   Lü, Shixiang ^a   Liang, Shuang ^b   Wu, Hongyan ^a   Zhang, Xingzheng ^a   Liu, Baohui ^a   Kong, Fanjiang ^a   Yuan, Xiaohui ^a   Li, Jing ^b   Xia, Zhengjun ^a  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DARKNESS; DOWN REGULATION; FLOWERING; FLOWERING LOCUS T GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE E1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GMFT2A GENE; GMFT4 GENE; GMFT5A GENE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEAN; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; FLOWER; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOYBEANS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84896778415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089030     Document Type: Article

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