Modified MERI5 expression alters cell expansion in transgenic Arabidopsis plants

Plant Science

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 201-210

  Verica, Joseph A ^a   Medford, June I ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell expansion; Cell wall; Meristem; Shoot apex; Xyloglucan endo transglycosylase

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

EID: 0031591580     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(97)00068-X     Document Type: Article

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