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SCIENCE
Volume 316, Issue 5827, Pages 1030-1033Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/science.1141752
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In plants, seasonal changes in day length are perceived in leaves, which initiate long-distance signaling that induces flowering at the shoot apex. The identity of the long-distance signal has yet to be determined. In Arabidopsis, activation of FLOWERING LOCUS T ( FT) transcription in leaf vascular tissue ( phloem) induces flowering. We found that FT messenger RNA is required only transiently in the leaf. In addition, FT fusion proteins expressed specifically in phloem cells move to the apex and move long distances between grafted plants. Finally, we provide evidence that FT does not activate an intermediate messenger in leaves. We conclude that FT protein acts as a long- distance signal that induces Arabidopsis flowering.
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