GA3 stimulates the formation and germination of somatic embryos and the expression of a KNOTTED-like homeobox gene of Cocos nucifera (L.)

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1049-1059

  Montero Cortes M ^a   Sáenz, Luis ^a   Cordova I ^a   Quiroz, A ^a   Verdeil, J L ^b,c   Oropeza, C ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE YUCATÁN   (Mexico)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Coconut palm; Gibberellic acid; KNOX genes; Micropropagation; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

COCOS NUCIFERA;

GIBBERELLIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; KNOX1 PROTEIN, PLANT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COCONUT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOMEOBOX; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCOS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77955769634     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-010-0890-0     Document Type: Article

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