Signals that regulate stem cell activity during plant development

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 388-394

  Vernoux, Teva ^a   Benfey, Philip N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUXIN;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIFESPAN; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SHOOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 22144452471     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2005.06.008     Document Type: Review

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