The B-box family gene STO (BBX24) in Arabidopsis thaliana regulates flowering time in different pathways

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Li, Feng ^a,b   Sun, Jinjing ^a   Wang, Donghui ^a   Bai, Shunong ^a   Clarke, Adrian K ^b   Holm, Magnus ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE; AGL20 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BBX24 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SIGNALING PROTEIN; CONSTANS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FLF PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FRI PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; FT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONSTANS1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; FLOWERING LOCUS C GENE; FLOWERING LOCUS T GENE; FRIGIDA GENE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GERMINATION; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PLANT GENE; SALT TOLERANCE GENE; SUPPRESSOR OF CONSTANS1 GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MUTATION; RADIATION RESPONSE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOTYPE; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MUTATION; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84896860001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087544     Document Type: Article

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