Growing up to one's standard

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Anastasiou, Elena ^a   Lenhard, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CELL SIZE; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT; REVIEW;

BODY PATTERNING; CELL SIZE; EVOLUTION; ORGAN SIZE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS;

EID: 33846078061     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.11.002     Document Type: Review

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