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Nature Genetics 36, 162–166 (1 February 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1295

Regulation of flowering time by FVE, a retinoblastoma-associated protein

Israel Aus|[iacute]|n , Carlos Alonso-Blanco , Jos|[eacute]| A Jarillo , Leonor Ruiz-Garc|[iacute]|a & Jos|[eacute]| M Mart|[iacute]|nez-Zapater

The initiation of flowering in plants is controlled by environmental and endogenous signals. Molecular analysis of this process in Arabidopsis thaliana indicates that environmental control is exerted through the photoperiod and vernalization pathways, whereas endogenous signals regulate the autonomous and gibberellin pathways.