The emerging importance of type I MADS box transcription factors for plant reproduction

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 865-872

  Masiero, Simona ^a   Colombo, Lucia ^a,b   Grini, Paul E ^c   Schnittger, Arp ^d   Kater, Martin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 79955637279     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.081737     Document Type: Review

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