Mutation of Arabidopsis BARD1 causes meristem defects by failing to confine WUSCHEL expression to the organizing center

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1482-1493

  Han, Pei ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Zhu, Yu Xian ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 57749108337     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.058867     Document Type: Article

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