The molecular and genetic basis of ovule and megagametophyte development

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-238

  Grossniklaus, Ueli ^b   Schneitz, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cell specification; Embryo sac; Morphogenesis; Ovule; Pattern formation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; REVIEW;

PLANT COMPONENTS; PLANTS;

EID: 0032040793     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1997.0214     Document Type: Article

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