Maize rough Endosperm3 encodes an RNA splicing factor required for endosperm cell differentiation and has a nonautonomous effect on embryo development

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4280-4297

  Fouquet, Romain ^a   Martin, Federico ^a   Fajardo, Diego S ^a   Gault, Christine M ^a   Gómez, Elisa ^b   Tseung, Chi Wah ^a   Policht, Tyler ^a   Hueros, Gregorio ^b   Settles, A Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84856481986     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.111.092163     Document Type: Article

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