Control of plant growth and development through manipulation of cell-cycle genes

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 138-145

  Den Boer, Bart GW ^a   Murray, James AH ^b  

^a SANOFI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLINE;

CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; DNA MODIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MITOSIS INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034078816     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(00)00072-0     Document Type: Review

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