Arabidopsis wuschel is a bifunctional transcription factor that acts as a repressor in stem cell regulation and as an activator in floral patterning

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3493-3505

  Ikeda, Miho ^a   Mitsuda, Nobutaka ^a   Ohme Takagi, Masaru ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

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ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 73249153024     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.069997     Document Type: Article

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