Effects of exogenous polyamines and inhibitors of polyamine biosynthesis on endogenous free polyamine contents and the maturation of white spruce somatic embryos

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 6807-6816

  El Meskaoui, Abdelmalek ^a   Trembaly, Francine M ^b  

^a SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conifer; Ethylene; Maturation stage; Polyamines; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID; DICYCLOHEXYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; MITOGUAZONE; POLYAMINE; PUTRESCINE; SPERMIDINE; SPERMINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GERMINATION; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; WHITE SPRUCE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 74549184450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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