Publication Date:
1999-12-03
Description:
FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), which acts in parallel with the meristem-identity gene LEAFY (LFY) to induce flowering of Arabidopsis, was isolated by activation tagging. Like LFY, FT acts partially downstream of CONSTANS (CO), which promotes flowering in response to long days. Unlike many other floral regulators, the deduced sequence of the FT protein does not suggest that it directly controls transcription or transcript processing. Instead, it is similar to the sequence of TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1), an inhibitor of flowering that also shares sequence similarity with membrane-associated mammalian proteins.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kardailsky, I -- Shukla, V K -- Ahn, J H -- Dagenais, N -- Christensen, S K -- Nguyen, J T -- Chory, J -- Harrison, M J -- Weigel, D -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1999 Dec 3;286(5446):1962-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Plant Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10583961" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Alleles
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Arabidopsis/*genetics/*growth & development
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*Arabidopsis Proteins
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DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology
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Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
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Genes, Plant
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Genetic Complementation Test
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MADS Domain Proteins
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Meristem/growth & development/metabolism
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Mutation
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Phenotype
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Plant Proteins/*genetics/physiology
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Plant Structures/growth & development
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RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism
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RNA, Plant/genetics/metabolism
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Signal Transduction
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Transcription Factors/chemistry/*genetics/*physiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
