Autophagy in the control of programmed cell death

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 391-396

  Patel, Shalaka ^a   Caplan, Jeffrey ^a   Dinesh Kumar, SP ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CYTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; PLANTS;

EID: 33745200944     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2006.05.007     Document Type: Review

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