Comparative studies on pyrimidine metabolism in excised cotyledons of Pinus radiata during shoot formation in vitro

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 429-441

  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 biosynthesis; Nucleic acid synthesis; Pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism; Salvage biosynthesis; Shoot organogenesis

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ACTIVITY; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOTIDES;

DE NOVO BIOSYNTHESIS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; SALVAGE BIOSYNTHESIS; SHOOT ORGANOGENESIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOSYNTHESIS; METABOLISM; PINUS RADIATA; SHOOTS;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33947129159     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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