RNA binding (RRM/RBD/RNP motifs) family protein;(source:Araport11)
TAIR Curator Summary:
Encodes a RNA binding protein ELF9 (EARLY FLOWERING9). Loss of ELF9 function in the Wassilewskija ecotype causes early flowering in short days. ELF9 reduces SOC1 (SUPPRESSOR OF OVEREXPRESSION OF CO1) transcript levels, possibly via nonsense-mediated mRNA decay. The mRNA is cell-to-cell mobile.