The florigen activation complex drives the pivotal transition from vegetative growth to flowering in response to inductive daylengths. Recent work, which incorporates novel components and reveals the multifunctionality of established members of the complex, now uncovers a multi-layered assembly mechanism and an unexpected spatiotemporal distribution of the complex.
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Li, X., Liu, H. How the florigen activation complex orchestrates flowering. Nat. Plants (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02226-7
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