Signaling and transcriptional control of reproductive development in arabidopsis

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Ge, Xiaochun ^a   Chang, Fang ^a   Ma, Hong ^a,b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; POLLEN; REPRODUCTION; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 78649291880     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.09.040     Document Type: Review

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