Bearded-ear encodes a MADS box transcription factor critical for maize floral development

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2578-2590

  Thompson, Beth E ^a   Bartling, Linnea ^a   Whipple, Clint ^b   Hall, Darren H ^b   Sakai, Hajime ^c   Schmidt, Robert ^b   Hake, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; POACEAE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70849116078     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.067751     Document Type: Article

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