Ammonium-related metabolic changes affect somatic embryogenesis in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.)

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 168, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 1943-1951

  Mihaljević, Snježana ^a   Radić, Sandra ^b   Bauer, Nataša ^b   Garić, Rade ^a   Mihaljević, Branka ^a   Horvat, Gordana ^c   Leljak Levanić, Dunja ^b   Jelaska, Sibila ^b  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Antioxidative enzymes; Cucurbita pepo; Glutamine synthetase; Nitrogen supply; Phenylalanine ammonia lyase

Indexed keywords

CALLOSE; ESTERASE; GLUCAN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA LYASE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PH; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SQUASH; TIME;

CUCURBITA; ESTERASES; GLUCANS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; NITRATES; NITROGEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; PHENYLALANINE AMMONIA-LYASE; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TIME FACTORS;

CUCURBITA PEPO;

EID: 80052951695     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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