Role of the ZWILLE gene in the regulation of central shoot meristem cell fate during Arabidopsis embryogenesis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1799-1809

  Moussian, Bernard ^a   Schoof, Heiko ^a   Haecker, Achim ^a   Jürgens, Gerd ^a   Laux, Thomas ^a  

^a Lehrst für Entwicklungsgenetik ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis embryo; Cell fate; Self perpetuation; Shoot meristem; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032536782     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.6.1799     Document Type: Article

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