Determination of sexual organ development

Sexual Plant Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Airoldi, Chiara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floral transcription factors; Flower development; MADS box genes; Plant sexual organs

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77349121836     PISSN: 09340882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00497-009-0126-z     Document Type: Review

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