Study on programmed cell death and dynamic changes of starch accumulation in pericarp cells of Triticum aestivum L.

Protoplasma

Volumn 236, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 49-58

  Zhou, Zhuqing ^a   Wang, Likai ^a   Li, Jiwei ^a   Song, Xuefang ^a   Yang, Chaonan ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pericarp cells; Programmed cell death (PCD); Starch accumulation; Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

PLANT DNA; STARCH;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; NICK END LABELING; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHEAT;

APOPTOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; FRUIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; STARCH; TRITICUM;

EID: 70349303274     PISSN: 0033183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00709-009-0046-7     Document Type: Article

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