The Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition in Higher Plants: Available Approaches, Critical Limitations, and Technical Requirements

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2015, Pages 373-398

  Zhao, Peng ^a   Sun, Meng Xiang ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

De novo transcription; Embryogenesis; Maternal effect; RNA degradation; Zygotic genome activation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; ZYGOTE;

ANGIOSPERMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEEDS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 84946477969     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.ctdb.2015.06.006     Document Type: Chapter

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