BARREN STALK FASTIGIATE1 is an at-hook protein required for the formation of maize ears

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1756-1771

  Gallavotti, Andrea ^a   Malcomber, Simon ^b   Gaines, Craig ^a   Stanfield, Sharon ^a   Whipple, Clinton ^a   Kellogg, Elizabeth ^c   Schmidta, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; ORYZA SATIVA; SORGHUM BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79959838808     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.084590     Document Type: Article

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