A knotted1-like homeobox gene in Arabidopsis is expressed in the vegetative meristem and dramatically alters leaf morphology when overexpressed in transgenic plants

Plant Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 1859-1876

  Lincoln, Cynthia ^a   Long, Jeff ^b,c   Yamaguchi, Judy ^b   Serikawa, Kyle ^a   Hake, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0028675708     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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