Novel functional roles for PERIANTHIA and SEUSS during floral organ identity specification, floral meristem termination, and gynoecial development

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Wynn, April N ^a,b   Seaman, Andrew A ^a   Jones, Ashley L ^a,c   Franks, Robert G ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST MARY'S COLLEGE OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agamous; Flowers; Gynoecium; Indeterminate growth; Organ identity; Ovule; Wuschel

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901002654     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00130     Document Type: Article

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