Three pumpkin embryogenic lines were initiated on wounded zygotic embryos cultured on medium with or without 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Somatic embryo development was controlled by the availability of various compounds in the medium: presence/ absence of 2,4-D, nitrogen sources. The highest rate of DNA methylation was in the early embryo stages, predominantly on MSC medium with 2,4-D and on auxin-free medium supplemented with 1.0 mM NH 4Cl. DNA methylation was correlated with early embryo development in a manner that was not exclusively dependent on the presence/absence of exogenous auxin. DNA methylation decreased during embryo maturation on auxin-free MSC medium and on auxin-free MSC supplemented with 12.3 μM 5-azacytidine (5-azaC). The embryogenic features of the pumpkin tissue were preserved, even after a 2-month treatment with 5-azaC. © Springer-Verlag 2004.
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Leljak-Levanić, D., Bauer, N., Mihaljević, S., & Jelaska, S. (2004). Changes in DNA methylation during somatic embryogenesis in Cucurbita pepo L. Plant Cell Reports, 23(3), 120–127. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00299-004-0819-6
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