BRANCHED SILKLESS mediates the transition from spikelet to floral meristem during Zea mays ear development

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 355-363

  Colombo, Lucia ^a   Marziani, Giovanna ^b   Masiero, Simona ^a   Wittich, Peter E ^c   Schmidt, Robert J ^d   Gorla, Mirella Sari ^a   Enrico Pe M ^a  

^a Dipartimento di Biologia   (Italy)

^b Ctro Studi Biol Cell Molec P   (Italy)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENETICS; WILD RELATIVE;

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031743024     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00300.x     Document Type: Article

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