Shoot formation from root tip region: A developmental alteration by WUS in transgenic tobacco

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1449-1455

  Rashid, Syeda Zinia ^a   Yamaji, Naoki ^a   Kyo, Masaharu ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic expression; Nicotiana tabacum; Root tip; Shoot formation; Transdifferentiation; WUSCHEL

Indexed keywords

ECTOPIC EXPRESSION; NICOTIANA TABACUM; SHOOT FORMATION; TRANSDIFFERENTIATION;

CROPS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NTH15 PROTEIN, NICOTIANA TABACUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; TOBACCO; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 34548050681     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-007-0342-7     Document Type: Article

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