Leaf Senescence: Signals, Execution, and Regulation

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 71, Issue , 2005, Pages 83-112

  Guo, Yongfeng ^a   Gan, Susheng ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL AGING; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL AGING; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 33645915750     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(05)71003-6     Document Type: Review

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