Shoot meristem formation and maintenance

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-50

  Lenhard, Michael ^a   Laux, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0033083305     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80009-0     Document Type: Article

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