%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization of a new mutant allele of theArabidopsis Flowering Locus D (FLD) gene that controls the flowering time by repressingFLC
%A Chen Ruiqiang
%A Zhang Suzhi
%A Sun Shulan
%A Chang Jianhong
%A Zuo Jianru
%J Chinese Science Bulletin
%@ 1861-9541
%D 2005
%I 
%R 10.1007/BF02899639
%X Flowering in higher plants is controlled by both the internal and environmental cues. InArabidopsis, several major genetic loci have been defined as the key switches to control flowering. TheFlowering Locus C (FLC) gene has been shown in the autonomous pathway to inhibit the vegetative-to-reproductive transition.FLC appears to be repressed byFlowering Locus D (FLD), which encodes a component of the histone deacetylase complex. Here we report the identification and characterization of a new mutant allelefld-5. Genetic analysis indicates thatfld-5 (in the Wassilewskija background) is allelic to the previously characterizedfld-3 andfld-4 (in the Colombia-0 background). Genetic and molecular analyses reveal thatfld-5 carries a frame-shift mutation, resulting in a premature termination of theFLD open reading frame. TheFLC expression is remarkably increased infld-5, which presumably attributes to the extremely delayed flowering phenotype of the mutant.
%K Arabidopsis
%K FLC
%K fld-5
%K flowering
%U http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02899639