Short-range control of cell differentiation in the Arabidopsis root meristem

Nature

Volumn 390, Issue 6657, 1997, Pages 287-289

  Van Den Berg, Claudia ^a   Willemsen, Viola ^a   Hendriks, Giel ^a   Weisbeek, Peter ^a   Scheres, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL POPULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PLANT ROOTS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030730220     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/36856     Document Type: Article

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