Genetic control of floral size and proportions

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 513-525

  Weiss, Julia ^a   Delgado Benarroch, Luciana ^a   Egea Cortines, Marcos ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Floral architecture; Floral meristem; Floral patterning; Systemic signal

Indexed keywords

AUXIN; GIBBERELLIN;

CELL CYCLE; CELL WALL; CLAVATA GENE; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; FLOWER MORPHOLOGY; GENE; GENETIC REGULATION; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PERIANTHIA GENE; POLLINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUWELPETER GENE; ULTRAPETALA GENE; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

ARABIDOPSIS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIVISION; CELL SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 27744605158     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1387/ijdb.051998jw     Document Type: Review

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