Overexpression of wound-responsive RNA-binding proteins induces leaf senescence and hypersensitive-like cell death

New Phytologist

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-70

  Kim, Cha Young ^a,b   Bove, Jérôme ^a   Assmann, Sarah M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cell death; Ethylene; RNA binding proteins; Senescence; Senescence associated gene (SAG); UBA2 proteins

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CALLOSE; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; GLUCAN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UBA2A PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UBA2B PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UBA2C PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

DICOTYLEDON; ETHYLENE; GENE EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; RNA; SENESCENCE; WOUNDING;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL AGING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CELL AGING; CELL NUCLEUS; ETHYLENES; GLUCANS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 51249095587     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: 14698137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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