Plant epigenetics: MEDEA’s children take centre stage

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2003, Pages R638-R640

  Schubert, Daniel ^a   Goodrich, Justin ^a  

^a Inst of Cell and Molecular Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 0041925131     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00569-4     Document Type: Review

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