Auxin and embryo axis formation: The ends in sight?

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-37

  Weijers, Dolf ^a   Jürgens, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 11844295006     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.11.001     Document Type: Review

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