Regulation of transcription in plants: Mechanisms controlling developmental switches

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 830-842

  Kaufmann, Kerstin ^a   Pajoro, Alice ^a   Angenent, Gerco C ^a,b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE FOR BIOSYSTEMS GENOMICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRRHINUM; ARABIDOPSIS; CAULIFLOWER; CELL FATE; DNA BINDING; EPIGENETICS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78549261357     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2885     Document Type: Review

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