A molecular insight into darwin's 'plant brain hypothesis' through expression pattern study of the MKRN gene in plant embryo compared with mouse embryo

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-381

  Sahi, Vaidurya Pratap ^a,b   Wadekar, Hanumant Baburao ^a,b   Ravi, Nagganatha Suganthan ^a,b   Arumugam, Thangavelu Umashankar ^a,c   Morita, Eugene Hayato ^a,b   Abe, Shunnosuke ^a,b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

^c Cell Free Science and Technology Research Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Analogy; Darwin; Gene expression; Makorin; Root brain hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PISUM SATIVUM;

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERISTEM; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PLANT SEED;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MERISTEM; MICE; PLANT PROTEINS; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS; SEEDS;

EID: 85045351724     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.19094     Document Type: Article

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