Sorghum phytochrome B inhibits flowering in long days by activating expression of SbPRR37 and SbGHD7, repressors of SbEHD1, SbCN8 and SbCN12

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Yang, Shanshan ^a   Murphy, Rebecca L ^a   Morishige, Daryl T ^a   Klein, Patricia E ^a   Rooney, William L ^a   Mullet, John E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHROME B; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPISTASIS; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SORGHUM;

ALLELES; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT PROTEINS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SORGHUM;

EID: 84905993649     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0105352     Document Type: Article

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