WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX4 Is involved in meristem maintenance and is negatively regulated by the CLE gene FCP1 in rice

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 229-241

  Ohmori, Yoshihiro ^a,c   Tanaka, Wakana ^a   Kojima, Mikiko ^b   Sakakibara, Hitoshi ^b   Hirano, Hiro Yuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84874547211     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.112.103432     Document Type: Article

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