Expression of centroradialis (CEN) and CEN-like genes in tobacco reveals a conserved mechanism controlling phase change in diverse species

Plant Cell

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1405-1417

  Amaya, Iraida ^a   Ratcliffe, Oliver J ^a   Bradley, Desmond J ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033177868     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.11.8.1405     Document Type: Article

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