The identification of CVP1 reveals a role for sterols in vascular patterning

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2045-2058

  Carland, Francine M ^a   Fujioka, Shozo ^a   Takatsuto, Suguru ^a   Yoshida, Shigeo ^a   Nelson, Timothy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; GENES; HORMONES; MUTAGENESIS;

CELL POLARIZATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0036741602     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.003939     Document Type: Article

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