A large-scale genetic screen in Arabidopsis to identify genes involved in pollen exine production

Plant Physiology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 947-970

  Dobritsa, Anna A ^a   Geanconteri, Aliza ^a   Shrestha, Jay ^a   Carlson, Ann ^a   Kooyers, Nicholas ^b   Coerper, Daniel ^c   Urbanczyk Wochniak, Ewa ^d   Bench, Bennie J ^e   Sumner, Lloyd W ^a   Swanson, Robert ^b   Preuss, Daphne ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^f Tyson Foods Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 80053605850     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.179523     Document Type: Article

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