Time to flower: Interplay between photoperiod and the circadian clock

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 719-730

  Johansson, Mikael ^a   Staiger, Dorothee ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Circadian clock; CO; Flowering; FT; Photoperiod

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANTS;

EID: 84930644322     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru441     Document Type: Article

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