α-amylase and programmed cell death in aleurone of ripening wheat grains

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 877-885

  Mrva, Kolumbina ^a   Wallwork, Meredith ^a   Mares, Daryl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aleurone layer; Cell viability; Germination; Late maturity amylase; Wheat

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; DEFECTS; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

ALEURONE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT PROBES; GERMINATION; LATE MATURITY Α-AMYLASE (LMA); WHEAT;

ENZYMES;

AMYLASE; GIBBERELLIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COLD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; WHEAT;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; APOPTOSIS; COLD; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

AMYLASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; DEFECTS; ENZYMES; GENES; GERMINATION; GIBBERELLIC ACID; GRAIN; MICROSCOPY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33644915331     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erj072     Document Type: Article

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