Molecular characterization of the glauce mutant: A central cell-specific function is required for double fertilization in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3264-3277

  Leshem, Yehoram ^a   Johnson, Cameron ^a   Wuest, Samuel E ^b   Song, Xiaoya ^a   Ngo, Quy A ^b   Grossniklaus, Ueli ^b   Sundaresan, Venkatesan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 84866996283     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.096420     Document Type: Article

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