Tissue-specific localization of mRNA for carrot homeobox genes, CHBs, in carrot somatic embryos

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 639-643

  Hiwatashi, Yuji ^a,b   Fukuda, Hiroo ^c  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carrot; Homeobox gene; In situ hybridization; Somatic embryogenesis; Tissue differentiation

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HOMEOBOX; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

DAUCUS CAROTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034049886     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/41.5.639     Document Type: Article

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