Programmed cell death in floral organs: How and why do flowers die?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-315

  Rogers, Hilary J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Autophagy; Chromoplasts; Ethylene; Flowers; Metacaspases; Petal; Pollen tubes; Programmed cell death; Ricinosomes; Senescence; Tapetum

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; FLOWER; SENESCENCE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; FLOWER; HISTOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; FLOWERS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33344460735     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcj051     Document Type: Review

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