Effect of 5-azacytidine, a tool for epigenetic control, on saponin synthesis in cell cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea and Panax quinquefolium

Russian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 407-416

  Nosov, A V ^a   Globa, E B ^a   Kulichenko, I E ^a   Reshetnyak, O V ^a   Sobol'kova, G I ^a  

^a TIMIRYAZEV INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

5 azacytidine; Cell culture; Dioscorea deltoidea; DNA methylation; Gene expression; Panax quinquefolium; Saponin synthesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034341198     PISSN: 10214437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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