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Molecular analysis of FRIGIDA, a major determinant of natural variation in Arabidopsis flowering time

Johanson, Urban LU orcid ; West, Joanne ; Lister, Clare ; Michaels, Scott ; Amasino, Richard and Dean, Caroline (2000) In Science 290(5490). p.344-347
Abstract
Vernalization, the acceleration of flowering by a long period of cold temperature, ensures that many plants overwinter vegetatively and flower in spring. In Arabidopsis, allelic variation at the FRIGIDA (FRI) locus is a major determinant of natural variation in flowering time. Dominant alleles of FRI confer late flowering, which is reversed to earliness by vernalization. We cloned FRI and analyzed the molecular basis of the allelic variation. Most of the early-flowering ecotypes analyzed carry FRI alleles containing one of two different deletions that disrupt the open reading frame. Loss-of-function mutations at FRI have thus provided the basis for the evolution of many early-flowering ecotypes.
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Sequence Deletion, Genetic, Amino Acid Substitution, Alleles, Arabidopsis/*genetics/physiology, *Arabidopsis Proteins, Cloning, Molecular, Plant, *Genes, Genes, Recessive, *Genetic Variation, Mutation, Open Reading Frames, Plant Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/physiology, Polymorphism, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Temperature
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Science
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290
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5490
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344 - 347
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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1095-9203
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10.1126/science.290.5490.344
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English
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  abstract     = {{Vernalization, the acceleration of flowering by a long period of cold temperature, ensures that many plants overwinter vegetatively and flower in spring. In Arabidopsis, allelic variation at the FRIGIDA (FRI) locus is a major determinant of natural variation in flowering time. Dominant alleles of FRI confer late flowering, which is reversed to earliness by vernalization. We cloned FRI and analyzed the molecular basis of the allelic variation. Most of the early-flowering ecotypes analyzed carry FRI alleles containing one of two different deletions that disrupt the open reading frame. Loss-of-function mutations at FRI have thus provided the basis for the evolution of many early-flowering ecotypes.}},
  author       = {{Johanson, Urban and West, Joanne and Lister, Clare and Michaels, Scott and Amasino, Richard and Dean, Caroline}},
  issn         = {{1095-9203}},
  keywords     = {{Sequence Deletion; Genetic; Amino Acid Substitution; Alleles; Arabidopsis/*genetics/physiology; *Arabidopsis Proteins; Cloning; Molecular; Plant; *Genes; Genes; Recessive; *Genetic Variation; Mutation; Open Reading Frames; Plant Proteins/chemistry/*genetics/physiology; Polymorphism; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Temperature}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5490}},
  pages        = {{344--347}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science}},
  title        = {{Molecular analysis of FRIGIDA, a major determinant of natural variation in Arabidopsis flowering time}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.290.5490.344}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/science.290.5490.344}},
  volume       = {{290}},
  year         = {{2000}},
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