Lobe-generating centres in the simple leaves of Myriophyllum aquaticum: Evidence for KN1-like activity

Annals of Botany

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 639-651

  Bourque, Laura ^a   Lacroix, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

KN1; KNOX; Myriophyllum; partial shoot; Simple leaf development

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DICOTYLEDON; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SAXIFRAGACEAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

HALORAGACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM AQUATICUM;

EID: 79953209700     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcr014     Document Type: Article

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