Out of step: The function of TALE homeodomain transcription factors that regulate shoot meristem maintenance and meristem identity

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 144-154

  Wu, Shang ^a   Smith, Harley M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

flowering; homeodomain; meristem; patterning; shoot development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863380308     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-011-1182-y     Document Type: Review

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