Unscheduled apoptosis in meristematic plant cells is triggered via terminal deletions in artificially elongated chromosome arms

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1022-1026

  Schubert, I ^a   Oud, O J L ^b   Pich, U ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chromosome elongation; Deletion; Disturbed development; Fertility; Mitosis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMOSOME ARM; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; GROWTH RETARDATION; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT VARIETY; TERMINAL DELETION;

EID: 0031823023     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001220050834     Document Type: Article

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