Molecular events in senescing Arabidopsis leaves

Plant Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 612-628

  Lin, Ji Feng ^a   Wu, Shu Hsing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Biochemical pathway; Microarray; Pyruvate orthophosphate dikinase; Senescence; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; DNA; GENES; NITROGEN;

ARABIDOPSIS LEAVES; MOLECULAR EVENTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL; NITROGEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHLOROPLAST; DARKNESS; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHLOROPHYLL; CHLOROPLASTS; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIPID METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; LEAVES; PLANT TISSUES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 4143080294     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2004.02160.x     Document Type: Review

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