Endosperm: an integrator of seed growth and development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 664-670

  Berger, Frédéric ^a   Grini, Paul E ^b   Schnittger, Arp ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT SEED; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PLANTS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33749837037     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.09.015     Document Type: Review

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