Hormonal input in plant meristems: A balancing act

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1149-1156

  Galinha, Carla ^a   Bilsborough, Gemma ^a   Tsiantis, Miltos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cytokinin; Gibberellin; RAM; SAM; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

PHYTOHORMONE;

APICAL MERISTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 70449637222     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.09.007     Document Type: Review

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