Meiotic and mitotic cell cycle mutants involved in gametophyte development in arabidopsis

Molecular Plant

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 564-574

  Liu, Jingjing ^a   Qu, Li Jia ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GAMETOGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MUTATION; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; GAMETOGENESIS, PLANT; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MUTATION;

EID: 74049151191     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssn033     Document Type: Review

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