A novel class of MYB factors controls sperm-cell formation in plants

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 244-248

  Rotman, Nicolas ^a   Durbarry, Anjusha ^b   Wardle, Anthony ^b   Yang, Wei Cai ^c   Chaboud, Annie ^a   Faure, Jean Emmanuel ^a,d   Berger, Frédéric ^a,e   Twell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^d EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 13444311095     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.013     Document Type: Article

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