Embryogenesis - The humble beginnings of plant life

Plant Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 959-970

  De Smet, Ive ^a,b   Lau, Steffen ^b   Mayer, Ulrike ^a   Jürgens, Gerd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apical basal axis; Auxin; Cotyledon initiation; Primary meristem; Radial pattern; Root initiation

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BODY ORGANIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GENOME SEQUENCES; PLANT LIFE; RADIAL PATTERNS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SPERM CELLS; UNSOLVED PROBLEMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENES;

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT GENOME; PLANT SEED;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SEEDS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 77950384136     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04143.x     Document Type: Article

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