Is the onset of senescence in leaf cells of intact plants due to low or high sugar levels?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1963-1972

  Van Doorn, Wouter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Cytokinin; Fructose; Glucose; Hexokinase; Nitrogen partitioning; Photosynthesis; Programmed cell death; Senescence; Sucrose; Yellowing

Indexed keywords

BETA FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HEXOKINASE;

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL AGING; CELL WALL; CHLOROPLAST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELL AGING; CELL WALL; CHLOROPLASTS; HEXOKINASE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 44949103247     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/ern076     Document Type: Review

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