Gene control of flowering time in higher plants  

作　　者：Weidong Yong Kang Chong Zhihong Xu Kehui Tan Zhiqing Zhu 

机构地区：[1]Chinese Acad Sci, Res Ctr Mol & Dev Biol, Inst Bot, Beijing 100093, Peoples R China

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2000年第18期1633-1642,共10页

摘　　要：Flowering involves a transition process from vegetative growth to reproductive development, in which a series of routine changes take place in the shoot apical meristems from metabolic pathway to external phenotype. Expression of the genes related to flowering is the foundation for achieving the transition. Environmental factors (such as vernalization and photoperiod) and the growth status of cell itself induce the expression of the specific genes. A lot of achievements have been made recently in gene control for the determination of flowering time. The article reviews some new advances of such researches related to our work and the interesting field.Flowering involves a transition process from vegetative growth to reproductive development, in which a series of routine changes take place in the shoot apical meristems from metabolic pathway to external phenotype. Expression of the genes related to flowering is the foundation for achieving the transition. Environmental factors (such as vernalization and photoperiod) and the growth status of cell itself induce the expression of the specific genes. A lot of achievements have been made recently in gene control for the determination of flowering time. The article reviews some new advances of such researches related to our work and the interesting field.

关 键 词：FLORAL development FLOWERING INDUCTION FLOWERING TIME DETERMINATION gene. 

分 类 号：Q943[生物学—植物学]