Molecular control of wood formation in trees

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 4119-4131

  Ye, Zheng Hua ^a   Zhong, Ruiqin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Plant hormones; Secondary Wall; Secondary Xylem; Transcriptional Regulation; Vascular Cambium; Wood formation

Indexed keywords

GENETICS; PLANT GENOME; TREE; WOOD;

GENOME, PLANT; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 84942133424     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv081     Document Type: Review

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