Application of the comet assay in studies of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants

Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 101-107

  Leśniewska, Joanna ^a   Simeonova, Ewa ^b   Sikora, Adam ^b,c   Mostowska, Agnieszka ^b   Charzyńska, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Endosperm; Mesophyll; Programmed cell death (PCD) in plants; Protoplasts; Tapetum

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034410631     PISSN: 00016977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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