Physcomitrella patens: mosses enter the genomic age

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 182-189

  Quatrano, Ralph S ^a   McDaniel, Stuart F ^a   Khandelwal, Abha ^a   Perroud, Pierre François ^a   Cove, David J ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPSIDA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

BRYOPSIDA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PLANT; GENOMICS;

BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PHYSCOMITRELLA; PHYSCOMITRELLA PATENS;

EID: 33847248437     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.01.005     Document Type: Review

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