APETALA2 regulates the stem cell niche in the Arabidopsis shoot meristem

Plant Cell

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-307

  Würschum, Tobias ^a   Groß Hardt, Rita ^a,b   Laux, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; MUTAGENESIS;

PREMATURE TERMINATION; RESIDENT CELLS; SHOOT MERISTEM; STEM CELL;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALLELES; CELLS; MERISTEMS; PLANTS; STEMS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CARNATION LATENT VIRUS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33645016224     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.038398     Document Type: Article

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