Control of grass inflorescence form by the fine-tuning of meristem phase change

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-115

  Kyozuka, Junko ^a   Tokunaga, Hiroki ^a   Yoshida, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; POACEAE; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; MERISTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT PROTEINS; POACEAE;

EID: 84893465154     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2013.11.010     Document Type: Review

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