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SUBMITTER: Schwartz C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2766330 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schwartz Christopher C Balasubramanian Sureshkumar S Warthmann Norman N Michael Todd P TP Lempe Janne J Sureshkumar Sridevi S Kobayashi Yasushi Y Maloof Julin N JN Borevitz Justin O JO Chory Joanne J Weigel Detlef D
Genetics 20090803 2
Flowering time, a critical adaptive trait, is modulated by several environmental cues. These external signals converge on a small set of genes that in turn mediate the flowering response. Mutant analysis and subsequent molecular studies have revealed that one of these integrator genes, FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), responds to photoperiod and temperature cues, two environmental parameters that greatly influence flowering time. As the central player in the transition to flowering, the protein coding se ...[more]