Overexpression of HBK3, a class I KNOX homeobox gene, improves the development of Norway spruce (Picea abies) somatic embryos

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2851-2861

  Belmonte, Mark F ^a   Tahir, Muhammad ^a   Schroeder, Dana ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; HBK3; Picea abies; Shoot apical meristem; Spruce somatic embryogenesis; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; PICEA ABIES; SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM; SPRUCE SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

BIOMARKERS; CELL GROWTH; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENE EXPRESSION;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; STM PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRUCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL ENLARGEMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENETIC MARKERS; GERMINATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MERISTEM; PICEA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 34848875105     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erm099     Document Type: Article

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