Genome plasticity during the acquisition of embryogenic competence

Genome

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1134-1143

  Geri, Chiara ^a   Turrini, Alessandra ^b   Giorgetti, Lucia ^a   Nicoletti, Elisa ^a   Ronchi, Vittoria Nuti ^a  

^a Istituto di Mutagenesi e Differenziamento   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Commitment; Daucus carota L.; DNA reduction; Somatic embryogenesis; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

CARROT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA ANALYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENE SEQUENCING; GENOME PLASTICITY; HOMEOTIC GENE; MEIOSIS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT GENOME; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

DAUCUS CAROTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0033507799     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g99-022     Document Type: Article

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