Telomeres and their relevance to the life and death of seeds

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 127-141

  Osborne, Daphne J ^a   Boubriak, I ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Cell cycle; Chromosomes; Life spans; Plants; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036217030     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735-260291044214     Document Type: Review

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