Reprogramming cells to study vacuolar development

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Feeney, Mistianne ^a,b,c   Frigerio, Lorenzo ^c   Kohalmi, Susanne E ^a   Cui, Yuhai ^a,b   Menassa, Rima ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Cellular reprogramming; Developmental transition; LEAFY COTYLEDON2; Lytic vacuole; Protein storage vacuole; Vacuole biogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901034838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00493     Document Type: Article

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