Repression of AGAMOUS by BELLRINGER in floral and inflorescence meristems

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1478-1489

  Bao, Xiaozhong ^a   Franks, Robert G ^a,b   Levin, Joshua Z ^c   Liu, Zhongchi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CELERA GENOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLUORESCENCE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTAGENESIS;

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS; MUTANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 2942672959     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.021147     Document Type: Article

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