Virtualleaf: An open-source framework for cell-based modeling of plant tissue growth and development

Plant Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 656-666

  Merks, Roeland M H ^a,b,c   Guravage, Michael ^a,b   Inzé, Dirk ^c   Beemster, Gerrit T S ^c,d  

^a CWI   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Institute for Systems Biology   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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EID: 79551713682     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.167619     Document Type: Article

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