ZmEsr, a novel endosperm-specific gene expressed in a restricted region around the maize embryo

Plant Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 235-246

  Opsahl Ferstad, Hilde Gunn ^a,b   Deunff, Erwan Le ^a   Dumas, Christian ^a   Rogowsky, Peter M ^a  

^a Claud Bernard University Lyon 1   (France)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8544243526     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1997.12010235.x     Document Type: Article

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