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SUBMITTER: Trevaskis B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC240751 | biostudies-literature | 2003 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Trevaskis Ben B Bagnall David J DJ Ellis Marc H MH Peacock W James WJ Dennis Elizabeth S ES
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20031013 22
By comparing expression levels of MADS box transcription factor genes between near-isogenic winter and spring lines of bread wheat, Triticum aestivum, we have identified WAP1 as the probable candidate for the Vrn-1 gene, the major locus controlling the vernalization flowering response in wheat. WAP1 is strongly expressed in spring wheats and moderately expressed in semispring wheats, but is not expressed in winter wheat plants that have not been exposed to vernalization treatment. Vernalization ...[more]