Positioning of the auxin maximum affects the character of cells occupying the root stem cell niche

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-204

  Jiang, Keni ^a   Feldman, Lewis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auxin maximum; Quiescent center; Root; Stem cell niche; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956645920     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.5.2.11188     Document Type: Article

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