Chlorophyll degradation during senescence

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 57, Issue , 2006, Pages 55-77

  Hortensteiner S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Catabolite; Cell death; Chlorophyll breakdown; Detoxification; Nitrogen economy

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

GENOME; HYDROLYSIS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PLANT GENOME; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHLOROPHYLL; GENOME, PLANT; HYDROLYSIS; MUTATION; PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33745940126     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.arplant.57.032905.105212     Document Type: Review

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