Cracking the Kranz enigma with systems biology

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 3327-3339

  Fouracre, Jim P ^a   Ando, Sayuri ^a   Langdale, Jane A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kranz; Leaf development; Maize; SHORT ROOT; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84903178904     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru015     Document Type: Review

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