Live-imaging stem-cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis shoot apex

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 88-93

  Reddy, G Venugopala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOSTASIS; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT SHOOTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 38749135515     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.10.012     Document Type: Review

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