Ageing in Plants: Conserved Strategies and Novel Pathways

Plant Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 455-464

  Jing, H C ^a   Hille, J ^a   Dijkwel, P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Arabidopsis; Hormones; Leaf senescence; Metabolic flux; Protein degradation; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

AGING;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0345149806     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-44779     Document Type: Review

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