Germline specification and function in plants

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2011, Pages 461-484

  Berger, Frédéric ^a   Twell, David ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; embryo sac; gamete; polarity; pollen

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROTUBULE; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM CELLS, PLANT; MICROTUBULES;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 79955619429     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042110-103824     Document Type: Article

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