B-Function expression in the flower center underlies the homeotic phenotype of Lacandonia schismatica (Triuridaceae)

Plant Cell

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3543-3559

  Álvarez Buylla, Elena R ^a   Ambrose, Barbara A ^a,e   Flores Sandoval, Eduardo ^a,f   Vergara Silva, Francisco ^a,b,c   Englund, Marie ^b   Garay Arroyo, Adriana ^a   García Ponce, Berenice ^a   de la Torre Bárcena, Eduardo ^a,g   Espinosa Matías, Silvia ^a   Martínez, Esteban ^c   Piñeyro Nelson, Alma ^a   Engström, Peter ^b   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LACANDONIA SCHISMATICA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRIURIDACEAE;

EID: 78650870278     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.069153     Document Type: Article

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