The transcription factors BEL1 and SPL are required for cytokinin and auxin signaling during ovule development in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2886-2897

  Bencivenga, Stefano ^a,b   Simonini, Sara ^a   Benková, Eva ^c,d   Colombo, Lucia ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84865341682     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.100164     Document Type: Article

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