Plant genetics: A decade of integration

Nature Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 3S, 2003, Pages 294-304

  Pruitt, Robert E ^a,b   Bowman, John L ^b,c   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^b,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPLAST; FLOWER; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC MODEL; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPISM; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; LIGHT; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TIME FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037372138     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1108     Document Type: Review

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