Somatic embryogenesis: Life and death processes during apical-basal patterning

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1343-1360

  Smertenko, Andrei ^a,b   Bozhkov, Peter V ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cell fate; Differentiation; Embryo suspensor; Proliferation; Somatic embryogenesis

Indexed keywords

VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO SUSPENSOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROLIFERATION; REVIEW; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS.;

CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO SUSPENSOR; PROLIFERATION; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS.;

APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS TECHNIQUES; PLANTS;

EID: 84897458286     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru005     Document Type: Review

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