Role of polyamines in apoptosis and other recent advances in plant polyamines

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-130

  Kuehn, Glenn D ^a   Phillips, Gregory C ^a,b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Environmental stress response; Polyamines; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 21344464935     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680590953161     Document Type: Review

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