A dynamic DUO of regulatory proteins coordinates gamete specification and germ cell mitosis in the angiosperm male germline

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1159-1162

  Brownfield, Lynette ^a,b   Twell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Cell cycle; Cell specification; DUO3; GON4 L; Male germline development; Pollen

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 70849110533     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.4.12.9950     Document Type: Article

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