The functions of the endosperm during seed germination

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1521-1533

  Yan, Dawei ^a   Duermeyer, Lisza ^a   Leoveanu, Catalina ^a   Nambara, Eiji ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Embryo; Endosperm; Germination; Gibberellin; Seed

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; GIBBERELLIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANGIOSPERM; ENDOSPERM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ABSCISIC ACID; ANGIOSPERMS; ENDOSPERM; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84922124100     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcu089     Document Type: Review

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