Asymmetric cell division and cell fate in plants

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 842-848

  Gallagher, Kimberly ^a   Smith, Laurie G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INHERITANCE; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0030658996     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(97)80086-5     Document Type: Article

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