Two maize END-1 orthologs, BETL9 and BETL9like, are transcribed in a non-overlapping spatial pattern on the outer surface of the developing endosperm

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Royo, Joaquín ^a   Gómez, Elisa ^a   Sellam, Olivier ^b   Gerentes, Denise ^b   Paul, Wyatt ^b   Hueros, Gregorio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b GM Trait Discovery Biogemma Centre de Recherche de Chappes   (France)

Author keywords

Aleurone; Arabidopsis; Endosperm; Maize; nsLTP; Transfer cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901026892     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00180     Document Type: Article

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