Identification of a Soybean MOTHER of FT and TFL1 homolog involved in regulation of seed germination

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Li, Qing ^a,b   Fan, Chengming ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaomei ^a   Wang, Xu ^a   Wu, Faqiang ^a   Hu, Ruibo ^c   Fu, Yongfu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF BIOENERGY AND BIOPROCESS TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; MESSENGER RNA; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; GIBBERELLIC ACID; HYBRID PROTEIN; MFT PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERMINATION; MFT GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SOYBEAN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

ABSCISIC ACID; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SOYBEANS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

EID: 84903289375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099642     Document Type: Article

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