Cytochrome c Can Induce Programmed Cell Death in Plant Cells

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-383

  Sun, Ying Li ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a   Liu, Chun Xiang ^a   Zhai, Zhong He ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Nucleus; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141773217     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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