Ovule development in Arabidopsis: Progress and challenge

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 74-80

  Shi, Dong Qiao ^a   Yang, Wei Cai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLANT RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; OVULE; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY PATTERNING; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; OVULE; RNA, PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 78751515245     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.09.001     Document Type: Review

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