PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Samach, Alon
AU  - Onouchi, Hitoshi
AU  - Gold, Scott E.
AU  - Ditta, Gary S.
AU  - Schwarz-Sommer, Zsuzsanna
AU  - Yanofsky, Martin F.
AU  - Coupland, George
TI  - Distinct Roles of CONSTANS Target Genes in Reproductive Development of <em>Arabidopsis</em>
AID  - 10.1126/science.288.5471.1613
DP  - 2000 Jun 02
TA  - Science
PG  - 1613--1616
VI  - 288
IP  - 5471
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/288/5471/1613.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/288/5471/1613.full
SO  - Science2000 Jun 02; 288
AB  - In plants, flowering is triggered by endogenous and environmental signals. CONSTANS (CO) promotes flowering of Arabidopsis in response to day length. Four early target genes of CO were identified using a steroid-inducible version of the protein. Two of these genes,SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CO 1 (SOC1) andFLOWERING LOCUS T (FT), are required for CO to promote flowering; the others are involved in proline or ethylene biosynthesis. The SOC1 and FT genes are also regulated by a second flowering-time pathway that acts independently of CO. Thus, early target genes of CO define common components of distinct flowering-time pathways.