Cloning and characterization of six embryogenesis-associated cDNAs from somatic embryos of Picea glauca and their comparative expression during zygotic embryogenesis

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 859-864

  Dong, Jin Zhuo ^a,b   Dunstan, David I ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c HORTICULTURE RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo abundant cDNAs; Gene expression; Gymnosperm; Picea glauca; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; CLONE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GERMINATION; MATURATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT GENETICS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ZYGOTE;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TREES;

GYMNOSPERMAE; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 0033103585     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006146622614     Document Type: Article

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