Leaf shape: Genetic controls and environmental factors

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 547-555

  Tsukaya, Hirokazu ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Compensation; Environmental factor; Gene; Leaf organogenesis

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CYCLE; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAVITY; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; LIGHT; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COUNT; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GRAVITROPISM; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 27744572189     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.041921ht     Document Type: Review

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