Hormonally regulated overexpression of Arabidopsis WUS and conifer LEC1 (CHAP3A) in transgenic white spruce: Implications for somatic embryo development and somatic seedling growth

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 723-734

  Klimaszewska, Krystyna ^a   Pelletier, Gervais ^a   Overton, Catherine ^a   Stewart, Don ^a   Rutledge, Robert G ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Absolute qPCR; Conifer; Gene expression; Picea glauca; Somatic embryogenesis; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEC1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PHYTOHORMONE; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONIFER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SEEDLING; SPRUCE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CONIFEROPHYTA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PICEA; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SEEDLING; SEEDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PICEA GLAUCA; PICEA MARIANA;

EID: 77953869178     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0859-z     Document Type: Article

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