Missing Links: DNA-Binding and Target Gene Specificity of Floral Homeotic Proteins

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2006, Pages 209-236

  Melzer, Rainer ^a   Kaufmann, Kerstin ^a   Theißen, Günter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 33750633807     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2296(06)44005-2     Document Type: Review

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