Chromatin silencing and Arabidopsis development: A role for polycomb proteins

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 765-767

  Preuss, Daphne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033133553     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.5.765     Document Type: Short Survey

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