Pattern formation in miniature: The female gametophyte of flowering plants

Development

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 179-189

  Sundaresan, Venkatesan ^a   Alandete Saez, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryo sac; Flowering plant; Gametes; Gametophyte; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AUXIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; ENDOSPERM; FEMALE GAMETOPHYTE; FERTILIZATION; FLOWERING; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GYMNOSPERM; HABITAT; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNCYTIUM;

ANGIOSPERMS; BODY PATTERNING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; REPRODUCTION;

GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 73649119913     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.030346     Document Type: Review

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