title: A pair of related genes with antagonistic roles in mediating flowering signals.
abstract: Flowering in Arabidopsis is promoted via several interacting pathways. A photoperiod-dependent pathway relays signals from photoreceptors to a transcription factor gene, CONSTANS (CO), which activates downstream meristem identity genes such as LEAFY (LFY). FT, together with LFY, promotes flowering and is positively regulated by CO. Loss of FT causes delay in flowering, whereas overexpression of FT results in precocious flowering independent of CO or photoperiod. FT acts in part downstream of CO and mediates signals for flowering in an antagonistic manner with its homologous gene, TERMINAL FLOWER1 (TFL1).
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kaya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iwabuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Araki
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D017440:Photoperiod; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D018514:Plant Structures / Q000254:growth & development; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C092776:CONSTANS protein, Arabidopsis; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C074747:LFY protein, Arabidopsis; D026161:MADS Domain Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; C102864:TFL1 protein, Arabidopsis; D014157:Transcription Factors