Fluorescence imaging-based forward genetic screens to identify trafficking regulators in plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 3, Issue MAY, 2012, Pages

  Zwiewka, Marta ^a,b   Friml, Jiří ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fluorescent protein; Forward genetics; Plant; Protein trafficking; Screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888223570     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2012.00097     Document Type: Review

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