Interlocking feedback loops govern the dynamic behavior of the floral transition in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 820-833

  Jaeger, Katja E ^a   Pullen, Nick ^b   Lamzin, Sergey ^b   Morris, Richard J ^b   Wigge, Philip A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84876746933     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.113.109355     Document Type: Article

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