A floret by any other name: Control of meristem identity in maize

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 61-66

  McSteen, Paula ^a   Laudencia Chingcuanco, Debbie ^a   Colasanti, Joseph ^a  

^a PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONED GENE; FLOWERING; MAIZE; MUTANT; PLANT MODEL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034141405     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(99)01541-1     Document Type: Review

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