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Vitamin C deficiency improves somatic embryo development through distinct gene regulatory networks in Arabidopsis.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Nov 2014
Becker Michael G, Chan Ainsley, Mao Xingyu, Girard Ian J, Lee Samantha, Elhiti Mohamed, Stasolla Claudio, Belmonte Mark F
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the endogenous ascorbate redox status through genetic manipulation of cellular ascorbate levels were shown to accelerate cell proliferation during the induction phase and improve maturation of somatic embryos in Arabidopsis. Mutants defective in ascorbate biosynthesis such as vtc2-5 contained ~70 % less cellular ascorbate compared with their wild-type (WT; Columbia-0) counterparts. Depletion of...
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