Phloem parenchyma transfer cells in Arabidopsis - An experimental system to identify transcriptional regulators of wall ingrowth formation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Arun Chinnappa, Kiruba S ^a   Thu, Thi S Nguyen ^a   Hou, Jiexi ^a   Wu, Yuzhou ^a   McCurdy, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Phloem parenchyma; Transcription factors; Transfer cells; Wall ingrowths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900805292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00102     Document Type: Review

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