Conserved expression of the Arabidopsis ACT1 and ACT3 actin subclass in organ primordia and mature pollen

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-30

  An, Yong Qiang ^a   Huang, Shurong ^b   McDowell, John M ^c   McKinney, Elizabeth C ^a   Meagher, Richard B ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; TRACHEOPHYTA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030064366     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.1.15     Document Type: Article

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