A missing piece in the control of rice flowering and inflorescence determinacy

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. 2023 Apr;9(4):509-510.

doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01382-4.

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Two florigens and a florigen-like protein form a triple regulatory module at the shoot apical meristem to promote reproductive transitions in rice.
Giaume F, Bono GA, Martignago D, Miao Y, Vicentini G, Toriba T, Wang R, Kong D, Cerise M, Chirivì D, Biancucci M, Khahani B, Morandini P, Tameling W, Martinotti M, Goretti D, Coupland G, Kater M, Brambilla V, Miki D, Kyozuka J, Fornara F. Giaume F, et al. Nat Plants. 2023 Apr;9(4):525-534. doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01383-3. Epub 2023 Mar 27. Nat Plants. 2023. PMID: 36973415

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