The initiation phase of somatic embryogenesis: What we know and what we don't

Acta Biologica Szegediensis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-56

  Fehér, Attila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Auxin; Cell physiology; Chromatin; Competence; Embryogenic potential; Gene expression; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AUXIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LEAFY COTYLEDON1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LEAFY COTYLEDON2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT STRESS; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

EID: 59849101901     PISSN: 1588385X     EISSN: 15884082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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