Patterns of expression of the genes for glutamine synthetase isoforms during somatic and zygotic embryogenesis in carrot

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 418-424

  Higashi, Katsumi ^a   Shiota, Hajime ^a   Kamada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daucus carota L.; Glutamine synthetase (EC 6.3.1.2); Somatic embryogenesis; Zygotic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARROT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

DAUCUS CAROTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032053837     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029385     Document Type: Article

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