Formative cell divisions: Principal determinants of plant morphogenesis

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 333-342

  Smolarkiewicz, Michalina ^a   Dhonukshe, Pankaj ^a,b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Auxin; Cell division plane; Formative cell divisions; Microtubule arrays; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHYTOHORMONE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT ROOT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CELL DIVISION; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; MERISTEM; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANT CELLS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS;

EID: 84874855559     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcs175     Document Type: Review

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