Changes of purine and pyrimidine nucleotide biosynthesis during shoot initiation from epicotyl explants of white spruce (Picea glauca)

Plant Science

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-354

  Stasolla, Claudio ^a   Loukanina, Natalia ^b   Ashihara, Hiroshi ^c   Yeung, Edward C ^b   Thorpe, Trevor A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

De novo organogenesis; Nucleic acid synthesis; Purine bases and nucleosides; Purine salvage enzymes; Pyrimidine nucleotide turnover; Salvage products

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS;

DE NOVO ORGANOGENESIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PURINE BASES AND NUCLEOSIDES; PURINE SALVAGE ENZYMES; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE TURNOVER; SALVAGE PRODUCTS;

SOFTWOODS;

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PICEA GLAUCA;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 33745764297     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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