The genetic control of plastid division in higher plants

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1017-1027

  Pyke, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Arc mutants; Bacterial cell division; Brassicaceae; Chloroplast development; Chloroplast division; Plastid division; Proplastid division

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031431069     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446145     Document Type: Article

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