Evidence for programmed cell death during leaf senescence in plants

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 922-927

  Yen, Cheng Hung ^a   Yang, Chang Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apoptotic cell; DNA fragmentation; Leaf senescence; Programmed cell death; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; LEAF TISSUE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUNEL;

BAUHINIA PURPUREA; BUTEA MONOSPERMA; DELONIX REGIA; EPIPREMNUM AUREUM; PHILODENDRON HASTATUM;

EID: 0031724476     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a029455     Document Type: Article

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