Who begets whom? Plant cell fate determination by asymmetric cell division

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-41

  ten Hove, Colette A ^a   Heidstra, Renze ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STOMA; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIVISION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; PLANT STOMATA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 38649133171     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.11.001     Document Type: Review

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