Depletion of cellular brassinolide decreases embryo production and disrupts the architecture of the apical meristems in Brassica napus microspore-derived embryos

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2779-2794

  Belmonte, Mark ^a,b   Elhiti, Mohamed ^a   Waldner, Blaine ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brassica napus; Brassinazole; Brassinolide; Meristem marker genes; Meristems; Microspore derived embryos

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRASSINAZOLE; BRASSINOLIDE; CHOLESTANOL; GLUTATHIONE; HETEROCYCLIC STEROID; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; POLLEN; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAPESEED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASCORBIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRASSICA NAPUS; CHOLESTANOLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERISTEM; POLLEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDS; STEROIDS, HETEROCYCLIC; TRIAZOLES;

ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 77954724478     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq110     Document Type: Article

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