Inhibition of maize endosperm cell division and endoreduplication by exogenously applied abscisic acid

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 266-272

  Mambelli, Stefania ^a   Setter, Tim L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Cornell Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Cell cycle; Cell division; Cell proliferation; Endoreduplication; Hormone; Maize; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DIVISION; GENE DUPLICATION; GROWTH REGULATION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; WATER;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031790973     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1998.1040215.x     Document Type: Article

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