WUSCHEL-related genes are expressed during somatic embryogenesis of the basal angiosperm Ocotea catharinensis Mez. (Lauraceae)

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 493-501

  Santa Catarina, Claudete ^a   de Oliveira, Raphael Ricon ^b   Cutri, Lucas ^b   Floh, Eny I S ^c   Dornelas, Marcelo Carnier ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embryo development; Endangered tree species; Gene expression; Homeobox; Meristem development

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ATLANTIC RAIN FOREST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOGENIC CELLS; ENDANGERED TREES; EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS; EXPRESSION PATTERNS; HOMEOBOX; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN-VITRO; LAURACEAE; MERISTEM DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; ORTHOLOGS; SHOOT APICAL MERISTEMS; SMALL GROUPS; SOMATIC EMBRYO; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS;

CLONING; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT CELL CULTURE; TISSUE CULTURE;

FORESTRY;

CELLS; CLONES; CULTURE MEDIA; EMBRYOS; FORESTRY; GENES; MERISTEMS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TISSUE; TREES;

ARABIDOPSIS; LAURACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; OCOTEA; OCOTEA CATHARINENSIS;

EID: 84858278034     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-011-0610-6     Document Type: Article

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