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Isolation of a CENTRORADIALIS/TERMINAL FLOWER1 homolog in saffron (Crocus sativus L.): characterization and expression analysis.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Aug 2012
Tsaftaris Athanasios, Pasentsis Konstantinos, Kalivas Apostolos, Michailidou Sofia, Madesis Panagiotis, Argiriou Anagnostis
Abstract excerpt
Genes in the phosphatidyl-ethanolamine-binding protein (PEBP) family are instrumental in regulating the fate of meristems and flowering time. To investigate the role of these genes in the monocotyledonous plant Crocus (Crocus sativus L), an industrially important crop cultivated for its nutritional and medicinal properties, we have cloned and characterized a CENTRORADIALIS/TERMINAL FLOWER1 (CEN/TFL1) like gene,...
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