Alterations of the glutathione redox state improve apical meristem structure and somatic embryo quality in white spruce (Picea glauca)

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 56, Issue 419, 2005, Pages 2355-2364

  Belmonte, Mark F ^a   Donald, Gillian ^b   Reid, David M ^b   Yeung, Edward C ^b   Stasolla, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo conversion; Ethylene; Glutathione; Meristem; Picea glauca; Somatic embryogenesis; Spruce

Indexed keywords

CELLS; LIPIDS; OXIDATION;

GLUTATHIONE; REDOX STATE; SOMATIC EMBRYO;

REDOX REACTIONS;

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRUCE; TREE;

GERMINATION; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PICEA; TREES;

PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 23944523116     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eri228     Document Type: Article

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