Expression of WUSCHEL in Coffea canephora causes ectopic morphogenesis and increases somatic embryogenesis

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-180

  Arroyo Herrera, A ^a   Ku Gonzalez, A ^a   Canche Moo, R ^a   Quiroz Figueroa, F R ^b   Loyola Vargas, V M ^a   Rodriguez Zapata, L C ^a   Burgeff D'Hondt, C ^b   Suarez Solis V M ^c   Castano E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CLAVATA; Coffea spp.; Homeobox; Morphogenesis; Somatic embryogenesis; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GENES; LEAD; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WELL STIMULATION;

BUSINESS MEDIA; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COFFEE PLANTS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA METHYLATION; HETEROLOGOUS SYSTEMS; SOMATIC CELLS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS (SE); SOMATIC EMBRYOS; SPRINGER (CO); STEM CELLS; TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

COFFEA; COFFEA CANEPHORA;

EID: 46649106476     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-008-9401-1     Document Type: Article

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