Molecular regulation of plant somatic embryogenesis

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 631-642

  Elhiti, Mohamed ^a,b   Stasolla, Claudio ^b   Wang, Aiming ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dedifferentiation; Early somatic embryogenesis; Embryonic induction; Molecular event; Totipotency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890429394     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-013-9547-3     Document Type: Review

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