The dicer-like1 homolog fuzzy tassel is required for the regulation of meristem determinacy in the inflorescence and vegetative growth in maizew open

Plant Cell

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4702-4717

  Thompson, Beth E ^a   Basham, Christine ^a   Hammond, Reza ^b   Ding, Queying ^a   Kakrana, Atul ^b   Lee, Tzuu Fen ^b   Simon, Stacey A ^b   Meeley, Robert ^c   Meyers, Blake C ^b   Hake, Sarah ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c Crop Genetics Research   (United States)

^d PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

MICRORNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MERISTEM; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PLANT PROTEINS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84961289490     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.114.132670     Document Type: Article

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