New roles for MADS-box genes in higher plants

Biologia Plantarum

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-330

  Garcia Maroto F ^a   Carmona, M J ^a   Garrido, J A ^a   Vilches Ferron M ^b   Rodriguez Ruiz J ^b   Lopez Alonso D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Flowering time; Plant development; Transcription factor; Vegetative development

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0037680367     PISSN: 00063134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024353514081     Document Type: Review

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