Cell signalling at the shoot meristem

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 276-284

  Clark, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CLV2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENETICS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035316575     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35067079     Document Type: Review

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