Genome-wide association study using cellular traits identifies a new regulator of root development in Arabidopsis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-81

  Meijón, Mónica ^a,b   Satbhai, Santosh B ^a   Tsuchimatsu, Takashi ^a   Busch, Wolfgang ^a  

^a GREGOR MENDEL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT BIOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario de Asturias   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

F BOX PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; MERISTEM; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOT DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 84891372805     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2824     Document Type: Article

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