Control of male germ-cell development in flowering plants

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1124-1132

  Singh, Mohan B ^a   Bhalla, Prem L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

CELL MATURATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; MALE GAMETOPHYTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANGIOSPERMS; FORECASTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLLEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 35848948825     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20660     Document Type: Review

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