Mutations in FIE, a WD polycomb group gene, allow endosperm development without fertilization

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 407-415

  Ohad, Nir ^a   Yadegari, Ramin ^b   Margossian, Linda ^b   Hannon, Mike ^b   Michaeli, Daphna ^b   Harada, John J ^c   Goldberg, Robert B ^d   Fischer, Robert L ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZATION; MUTATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0033101666     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.3.407     Document Type: Article

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