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Somatic embryogenesis was initiated from immature embryos of Abies concolor (Gord. et Glend), A. numidica De Lann. and A. cilicica Carr., A. alba Mill. as well as in hybrid fir A. cilicica × A. nordmanniana. Soluble protein profiles and peroxidase activity were compared in developing zygotic and somatic embryos of silver fir (A. alba Mill.). On the basis of sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of soluble proteins a high degree of homology was established between the two types of embryos. A higher peroxidase activity was registered throughout zygotic embryogenesis than during somatic embryo development but the opposite was true at the stage of mature embryos. Isoperoxidase composition reflected more efficiently the developmental stages of zygotic embryogenesis than those of somatic embryogenesis.
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Kormut'ák, A., Vooková, B. Storage Proteins and Peroxidase Activity During Zygotic and Somatic Embryogenesis of Firs (Abies sp.). In: Mujib, A., Šamaj, J. (eds) Somatic Embryogenesis. Plant Cell Monographs, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/7089_021
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