Embryonic development in arabidopsis thaliana: From the zygote division to the shoot meristem

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 2, Issue DEC, 2011, Pages

  Boscá, Sonia ^a   Knauer, Steffen ^a   Laux, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Body plan; Cell fate; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872236582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2011.00093     Document Type: Review

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