The pacemaker of plant growth

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 105-107

  Kutschera, U ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LETTER; PLANT;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS;

EID: 40649092263     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2007.12.002     Document Type: Letter

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