The ins and outs of the rice AGAMOUS subfamily

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 650-664

  Dreni, Ludovico ^a   Osnato, Michela ^a   Kater, Martin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; floral development; reproductive biology; rice.; transcriptional control and transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84878315525     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst019     Document Type: Review

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