Comparative expression pattern analysis of WUSCHEL-related homeobox 2 (WOX2) and WOX8/9 in developing seeds and somatic embryos of the gymnosperm Picea abies

New Phytologist

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 122-135

  Palovaara, Joakim ^a   Hallberg, Henrik ^a   Stasolla, Claudio ^b   Hakman, Inger ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archegonia; Conifer; In situ hybridization; N 1 naphthylphthalamic acid (NPA); PCR; Polar auxin transport (PAT); Procambium; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NAPHTHYLPHTHALAMIC ACID; ALPHA-NAPHTHYLPHTHALAMIC ACID; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHTHALIMIDE DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE; HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBITOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PLANT GENE; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SPRUCE;

GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PHTHALIMIDES; PHYLOGENY; PICEA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEEDLING; SEEDS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; COTYLEDON (GENUS); GYMNOSPERMAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PICEA ABIES; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 77956295063     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03336.x     Document Type: Article

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