An Arabidopsis aspartic protease functions as an anti-cell-death component in reproduction and embryogenesis

EMBO Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 282-288

  Ge, Xiaochun ^a,b   Dietrich, Charles ^a   Matsuno, Michiyo ^a   Li, Guojing ^a   Berg, Howard ^a   Xia, Yiji ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Aspartic protease; PCS1; Programmed cell death; Seed development

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE;

ANTHER; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL FATE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMETOPHYTE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HYBRID; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CELL DEATH; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MUTATION; REPRODUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 16844367168     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400357     Document Type: Article

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