Brassinosteroids induce entry into the final stage of tracheary element differentiation in cultured Zinnia cells

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 980-983

  Yamamoto, Ryo ^a   Demura, Taku ^a   Fukuda, Hiroo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brassinosteroids; Cell death; Gene expression; Secondary wall formation; Tracheary element differentiation; Zinnia elegans

Indexed keywords

ZINNIA; ZINNIA ELEGANS;

EID: 0031213827     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029262     Document Type: Article

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