Ethylene-mediated programmed cell death during maize endosperm development of wild-type and shrunken2 genotypes

Plant Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 737-751

  Young, Todd E ^a   Gallie, Daniel R ^a   DeMason, Darleen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 AMINOCYCLOPROPANE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDOSPERM; ETHYLENE; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031401273     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.115.2.737     Document Type: Article

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