Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Plant chemical biology

Florigen takes two to tango

Nature Chemical Biology volume 7, pages 665–666 (2011)Cite this article

Subjects

A recent flurry of activity has defined the protein FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) as a mobile signal or 'florigen' that induces flowering. A new study has shown that a 14-3-3 protein links FT to a transcription factor at the plant apex to initiate flowering.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Figure 1: The FAC and its stepwise assembly.

References

  1. Turnbull, C. J. Exp. Bot. published online, 10.1093/jxb/err191 (21 July 2011).

  2. Kardailsky, I. et al. Science 286, 1962–1965 (1999).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Kobayashi, Y. et al. Science 286, 1960–1962 (1999).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  4. Ahn, J.H. et al. EMBO J. 25, 605–614 (2006).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  5. Abe, M. et al. Science 309, 1052–1056 (2005).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  6. Wigge, P.A. et al. Science 309, 1056–1059 (2005).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  7. Corbesier, L. et al. Science 316, 1030–1033 (2007).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  8. Tamaki, S. et al. Science 316, 1033–1036 (2007).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  9. Taoka, K.-I. et al. Nature 476, 332–335 (2011).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  10. Hanzawa, Y., Money, T. & Bradley, D. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102, 7748–7753 (2005).

    Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Chemistry & Structural Biology Division, Joshua S. Mylne is at The University of Queensland, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.,

    Joshua S Mylne

  2. Philip A. Wigge is at the John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom.,

    Philip A Wigge

Authors
  1. Joshua S Mylne
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Philip A Wigge
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Joshua S Mylne.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The authors declare no competing financial interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Mylne, J., Wigge, P. Florigen takes two to tango. Nat Chem Biol 7, 665–666 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.666

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nchembio.666

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing