Phytepsin, a barley vacuolar aspartic proteinase, is highly expressed during autolysis of developing tracheary elements and sieve cells

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 139-145

  Runeberg Roos, Pia ^a   Saarma, Mart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEURAIN; APOPTOSIS; ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; AUTOLYSIS; BARLEY; CATHEPSIN D; CELL VACUOLE; CYSTEINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHYTEPSIN; TONOPLAST;

ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATHEPSINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HORDEUM; PLANT ROOTS; VACUOLES;

ANIMALIA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0032126745     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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