The role of polyamines during in vivo and in vitro development

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 384-395

  Baron, Kevin ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Adenosylmethionine; Angiosperm; Arabidopsis; Arginine; Biotechnology; Calcium; Embryogenesis; Ethylene; Gymnosperm; Ion channel; Nitric oxide; Organogenesis; Ornithine; Polyamine; Potassium; Putrescine; Spermidine; Spermine; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA; GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 54349095574     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-008-9176-4     Document Type: Review

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