Plant stem cells: Divergent pathways and common themes in shoots and roots

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 551-557

  Byrne, Mary E ^a   Kidner, Catherine A ^a   Martienssen, Robert A ^a  

^a Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0141450300     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2003.08.008     Document Type: Review

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