Apoptosis-like DNA fragmentation in leaves and floral organs precedes their developmental senescence

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-189

  Caccia, R ^a   Delledonne, M ^b   Levine, A ^c   Depace, C ^a   Mazzucato, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Helianthus tuberosus; Leaf senescence; Petal senescence; Programmed cell death; Triticum durum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344548966     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263500112331350810     Document Type: Article

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