Vitamin E is essential for seed longevity and for preventing lipid peroxidation during germination

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1419-1432

  Sattler, Scott E ^a   Gilliland, Laura U ^a   Magallanes Lundback, Maria ^a   Pollard, Mike ^b   DellaPenna, Dean ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOSYNTHESIS; LIPIDS; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION; SEED; VITAMINS;

MUTATIONS; SEED-BEARING PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 2942672961     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.021360     Document Type: Article

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