Legume nodule senescence: Roles for redox and hormone signalling in the orchestration of the natural aging process

New Phytologist

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 683-701

  Puppo, Alain ^a   Groten, Karin ^b,d   Bastian, Fabiola ^b   Carzaniga, Raffaella ^b   Soussi, Mariam ^c   Lucas, M Mercedes ^c   De Felipe, Maria Rosario ^c   Harrison, Judith ^a   Vanacker, Hélène ^b   Foyer, Christine H ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid (ABA); Ascorbate; Cysteine protease; Glutathione; Nodule senescence; Reactive oxygen species (ROS); Redox signalling; Transcript profiling

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; PHYTOHORMONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

HORMONE; LEGUME; NODULATION; SENESCENCE;

APOPTOSIS; LEGUME; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; FABACEAE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT ROOTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 20044388711     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2004.01285.x     Document Type: Review

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