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Photoperiodic Regulation of Flowering Time through Periodic Histone Deacetylation of the Florigen Gene FT

2013; Public Library of Science; Volume: 11; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1371/journal.pbio.1001649

1545-7885

Xiaofeng Gu, Yizhong Wang, Yuehui He,

Plant Reproductive Biology

The seasonal cue day length regulates the timing of the floral transition in plants through periodic histone modifications of the FT gene, which encodes a flowering signal in plants. These modifications dampen FT expression at dusk to prevent precocious flowering.