Stimulation of tobacco shoot regeneration by alternating weak electric field

Bioelectrochemistry and Bioenergetics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 257-260

  Cogalniceanu, Gina ^a   Radu, M ^b   Fologea, D ^b   Moisoi, Nicoleta ^b   Brezeanu, Aurelia ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

Author keywords

Alternating electric field; Electrostimulation; In vitro shoot regeneration; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; CELL MEMBRANES; DNA; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PROTEINS;

ELECTROSTIMULATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA CONTENT; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PROTEIN CONTENT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM; TABACUM;

EID: 0031922466     PISSN: 03024598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-4598(97)00074-3     Document Type: Article

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