Glutathione-induced growth of embryogenic tissue of white spruce correlates with changes in pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism

Plant Science

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 803-812

  Belmonte, Mark F ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^a   Katahira, Riko ^b   Loukanina, Natalia ^c   Yeung, Edward C ^c   Thorpe, Trevor A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b TOKYO KASEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryogenic tissue proliferation; Glutathione; Picea glauca; Pyrimidine metabolism

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OXIDATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TISSUE CULTURE;

EMBRYOGENIC TISSUE; GLUTATHIONE-INDUCED GROWTH; METABOLIC CHANGES; URIDINE KINASE (URK);

TISSUE;

METABOLISM; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PICEA GLAUCA; PLANT TISSUES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TISSUE CULTURE;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 12744262986     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.10.013     Document Type: Article

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