TERMINAL FLOWER 1-FD complex target genes and competition with FLOWERING LOCUS T

Abstract

The flowering regulators TFL1 and FT act antagonistically to synchronize reproductive transition in flowering plants. Here Zhu et al. show that TFL1 is recruited by the bZIP transcription factor FD to thousands of target loci and reveal that FT competes with TFL1 for chromatin bound-FD at shared targets including LFY, upregulation of which by FT promotes floral fate.