TERMINAL FLOWER1 is a mobile signal controlling Arabidopsis architecture

Plant Cell

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 767-778

  Conti, Lucio ^a,b   Bradley, Desmond ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GROWTH KINETICS; TISSUE;

FEEDBACK SIGNALING; PLANT LIFE CYCLE; STEM CELLS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLS; GROWTH; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEMS; PLANT TISSUES; PLANTS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 34250169914     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.106.049767     Document Type: Article

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