Endosperm degradation during seed development of Echinocystis lobata (Cucurbitaceae) as a manifestation of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-50

  Wojciechowska, Marzena ^a   Olszewska, Maria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Echinocystis lobata; Endosperm; PCD

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; DNA;

ANGIOSPERM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; COMET ASSAY; CUCUMBER; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENDOSPERM; MATURATION; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT CELL; PLANT TISSUE; SEED DEVELOPMENT; SEED MORPHOLOGY;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; CUCURBITACEAE; ECHINOCYSTIS LOBATA; LOBATA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0037280018     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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