Purification and characterization of serine proteases that exhibit caspase-like activity and are associated with programmed cell death in Avena sativa

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 857-873

  Coffeen, Warren C ^a   Wolpert, Thomas J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; DNA; ENZYMES; FUNGI; PATHOLOGY; TOXICITY;

CELL SHRINKAGE; PROTEASES;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ASCOMYCOTA; AVENA; AVENA SATIVA; COCHLIOBOLUS; COCHLIOBOLUS VICTORIAE; FUNGI; VICTORIA;

EID: 1842712632     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.017947     Document Type: Article

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