Controlled cell death, plant survival and development

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 305-315

  Lam, Eric ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL ORGANELLE; CYTOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ION CHANNELS; LIPID METABOLISM; NADPH OXIDASE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VACUOLES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 1842632659     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm1358     Document Type: Review

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