In vitro fertilization - A tool to dissect cell specification from a higher plant zygote

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1861-1869

  Okamoto, Takashi ^a   Kranz, Erhard ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apical cell; Basal cell; Embryogenesis; Gene expression; in vitro fertilization

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 31644435186     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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