Giant shoot apical meristems in cacti have ordinary leaf primordia but altered phyllotaxy and shoot diameter

Annals of Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 145-153

  Mauseth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Clavata; Founder cells; Leaf primordium; Perianthia; Phyllotaxy; Shoot apical meristem; Wuschel

Indexed keywords

CACTUS; GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CACTACEAE; SPERMATOPHYTA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CACTACEAE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; CACTACEAE; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 4544269294     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mch121     Document Type: Article

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