Abscission, dehiscence, and other cell separation process

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 53, Issue , 2002, Pages 131-158

  Roberts, Jeremy A ^a   Elliott, Katherine A ^a   Gonzalez Carranza, Zinnia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Cell wall degradation; Ethylene; Gene expression; Hydrolytic enzymes

Indexed keywords

CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CELL SEPARATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS;

EID: 0037001930     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.53.092701.180236     Document Type: Review

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