The clock gene Gigantea 1 from Petunia hybrida coordinates vegetative growth and inflorescence architecture

Scientific Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Brandoli, Claudio ^a   Petri, César ^b   Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a   Weiss, Julia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE HORTOFRUTICULTURA SUBTROPICAL Y MEDITERRÁNEA LA MAYORA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PETUNIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PETUNIA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85077890187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-57145-9     Document Type: Article

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