The grass leaf developmental gradient as a platform for a systems understanding of the anatomical specialization of C 4 leaves

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3039-3048

  Nelson, Timothy ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C 4 photosynthesis; grasses; leaf anatomy; leaf development; maize

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL WALL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLASMODESMA; POACEAE; REVIEW;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL WALL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES; PLASMODESMATA; POACEAE; TRANSCRIPTOME; ZEA MAYS;

POACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958822686     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err072     Document Type: Review

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