title: Recent advances of flowering locus T gene in higher plants.
abstract: Flowering Locus T (FT) can promote flowering in the plant photoperiod pathway and also facilitates vernalization flowering pathways and other ways to promote flowering. The expression of products of the FT gene is recognized as important parts of the flowering hormone and can induce flowering by long-distance transportation. In the present study, many FT-like genes were isolated, and the transgenic results show that FT gene can promote flowering in plants. This paper reviews the progress of the FT gene and its expression products to provide meaningful information for further studies of the functions of FT genes.
authors.affiliation: Hubei Key Laboratory of Economic Forest Germplasm Improvement and Resources Comprehensive Utilization, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang, Hubei 438000, China.|College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China.
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China.
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Rong
authors.affiliation: College of Horticulture and Gardening, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, Hubei 434025, China.
authors.forename: Xiaohua
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Hubei Key Laboratory of Economic Forest Germplasm Improvement and Resources Comprehensive Utilization, Huanggang Normal University, Huanggang, Hubei 438000, China.
authors.forename: Shuiyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D017360:Arabidopsis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D035264:Flowers / Q000254:growth & development*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D009154:Mutation; D017440:Photoperiod
chemical_list: D029681:Arabidopsis Proteins; C418905:FT protein, Arabidopsis