LEAFY COTYLEDON2 (LEC2) promotes embryogenic induction in somatic tissues of Arabidopsis, via YUCCA-mediated auxin biosynthesis

Planta

Volumn 238, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 425-440

  Wójcikowska, Barbara ^a   Jaskóła, Karolina ^a   Gąsiorek, Przemysław ^a   Meus, Magdalena ^a   Nowak, Katarzyna ^a   Gaj, Małgorzata D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Auxin biosynthesis; LEC2; Somatic embryogenesis; YUCCA

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; YUCCA;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LEC2 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; OXYGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; YUC PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; OXYGENASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84882990244     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-013-1892-2     Document Type: Article

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