Female gametophyte development

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Yadegari, Ramin ^a   Drews, Gary N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; MUTAGENESIS; SEED;

FERTILIZATION; POLLENS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2942636020     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.018192     Document Type: Review

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