Arabidopsis as a model for investigating gene activity and function in vascular tissues

Progress in Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue C, 2001, Pages 43-52

  Beers, Eric P ^a   Zhao, Chengsong ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; cambium; cell wall; papain; peptidase; phloem; programmed cell death; protease; subtilisin; tracheary element; xylem; zinnia

Indexed keywords

EID: 1942531585     PISSN: 09210423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-0423(01)80054-X     Document Type: Chapter

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