title: EARLY FLOWERING 5 acts as a floral repressor in Arabidopsis.
abstract: EARLY FLOWERING 5 (ELF5) is a single-copy gene involved in flowering time regulation in Arabidopsis. ELF5 encodes a nuclear-targeted protein that is related to the human nuclear protein containing a WW domain (Npw)38-binding protein (NpwBP). Lesions in ELF5 cause early flowering in both long days and short days. elf5 mutations partially suppress the late flowering of both autonomous-pathway mutants and FRIGIDA (FRI)-containing lines by reducing the expression of FLOWERING LOCUS C (FLC), a floral repressor upon which many of the flowering pathways converge. elf5 mutations also partially suppress photoperiod-pathway mutants, and this, along with the ability of elf5 mutations to cause early flowering in short days, indicates that ELF5 also affects flowering independently of FLC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1544, USA.
authors.forename: Yoo-Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Colleen M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bizzell
authors.forename: Bosl
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Noh
authors.forename: Fritz M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Schomburg
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Amasino
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D017931:DNA Primers; D035264:Flowers / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D012621:Seasons; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; C487543:ELF5 protein, Arabidopsis; D012097:Repressor Proteins