ZEN1 is a key enzyme in the degradation of nuclear DNA during programmed cell death of tracheary elements

Plant Cell

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3201-3211

  Ito, Jun ^a   Fukuda, Hiroo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DEGRADATION; DNA; ENZYMES;

CELL DEATH; TRACHEARY ELEMENTS;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ANIMALIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ZINNIA; ZINNIA ELEGANS;

EID: 0036915257     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.006411     Document Type: Article

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