TCPs, WUSs, and WINDs: Families of transcription factors that regulate shoot meristem formation, stem cell maintenance, and somatic cell differentiation

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Ikeda, Miho ^a   Ohme Takagi, Masaru ^a,b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activator; Cell differentiation; Repressor; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907327602     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00427     Document Type: Review

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