Ceratopteris richardii (C-Fern): A model for investigating adaptive modification of vascular plant cell walls

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Leroux, Olivier ^a,b   Eeckhout, Sharon ^b   Viane, Ronald L L ^b   Popper, Zoë A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Development; Ferns; Mannans; Monoclonal antibodies; Plant cell wall; Tissue specificity; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899824846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00367     Document Type: Article

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