Role of WUSCHEL in regulating stem cell fate in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem

Cell

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 805-815

  Mayer, Klaus F X ^a,b   Schoof, Heiko ^a   Haecker, Achim ^a   Lenhard, Michael ^a   Jürgens, Gerd ^a   Laux, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FATE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032444227     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81703-1     Document Type: Article

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