The WUSCHEL gene is required for shoot and floral meristem integrity in Arabidopsis

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 87-96

  Laux, Thomas ^a,c   Mayer, Klaus F X ^a,c   Berger, Jürgen ^b   Jürgens, Gerd ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Floral meristem; Meristem maintenance; Shoot meristem; WUSCHEL

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; HIGHER PLANT; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0030030901     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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