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Review
. 2004 Jun;135(2):653-9.
doi: 10.1104/pp.104.040212.

A weed for wood? Arabidopsis as a genetic model for xylem development

Kaisa M Nieminen  1 , Leila Kauppinen, Ykä Helariutta
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Review

A weed for wood? Arabidopsis as a genetic model for xylem development

Kaisa M Nieminen et al. Plant Physiol. 2004 Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Organization of the primary and secondary vascular tissues in Arabidopsis schematically. Whole plant, longitudinal view (A). Shoot apex, cross section (B). Leaf, cross section (C). Root tip, cross section. D, Organization of vascular tissues in the basal region of the inflorescence stem during the secondary phase of vascular development (E). Inside the secondary xylem, the position of layers associated with cell expansion, cell wall deposition and cell death has been indicated.
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