Misexpression of fatty acid elongation1 in the Arabidopsis epidermis induces cell death and suggests a critical role for phospholipase A2 in this process

Plant Cell

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1252-1272

  Reina Pinto, José J ^a   Voisin, Derry ^a   Kurdyukov, Sergey ^a,d   Faust, Andrea ^a,c   Haslam, Richard P ^b   Michaelson, Louise V ^b   Efremova, Nadia ^a   Franke, Benni ^c   Schreiber, Lukas ^c   Napier, Johnathan A ^b   Yephremov, Alexander ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 66149188237     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.109.065565     Document Type: Article

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