From genes to shape: regulatory interactions in leaf development

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 660-666

  Barkoulas, Michalis ^a   Galinha, Carla ^a   Grigg, Stephen P ^a   Tsiantis, Miltos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL PROLIFERATION; EVOLUTION; MERISTEM; PLANT LEAVES;

EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 35649011903     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.07.012     Document Type: Review

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