The loss of green color during chlorophyll degradation - A prerequisite to prevent cell death?

Planta

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 191-194

  Hörtensteiner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell death; Chlorophyll degradation; Non fluorescent chlorophyll catabolite; Pheophorbide a oxygenase; Red chlorophyll catabolite reductase; Senescence

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PIGMENTATION; PLANT;

CELL DEATH; CHLOROPHYLL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIGMENTATION; PLANTS;

EID: 4344566447     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-004-1231-8     Document Type: Article

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