How floral meristems are built

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 855-870

  Blázquez, Miguel A ^a   Ferrándiz, Cristina ^a   Madueño, Francisco ^a   Parcy, François ^a,b  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Vegetale Grenoble   (France)

Author keywords

Floral meristem identity genes; Flowering time; Genetic network

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; GENES;

FLORAL MERISTEM IDENTITY GENES; FLOWERING TIME; GENETIC NETWORK;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BODY PATTERNING; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

FLOWERS; GENES; MERISTEMS; NOISE;

EID: 33744936543     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-006-0013-z     Document Type: Review

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