An EAR-dependent regulatory module promotes male germ cell division and sperm fertility in Arabidopsis

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2098-2113

  Borg, Michael ^a   Rutley, Nicholas ^a   Kagale, Sateesh ^b   Hamamura, Yuki ^c   Gherghinoiu, Mihai ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^a   Sari, Ugur ^a   Esparza Franco, Manuel A ^a   Sakamoto, Wataru ^d   Rozwadowski, Kevin ^b   Higashiyama, Tetsuya ^c   Twell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84903647697     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.124743     Document Type: Article

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