A genetic screen for modifiers of UFO meristem activity identifies three novel FUSED FLORAL ORGANS genes required for early flower development in Arabidopsis

Genetics

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 579-595

  Levin, Joshua Z ^a,b   Fletcher, Jennifer C ^a   Chen, Xuemei ^a   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENOTYPE; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0031800923     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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