Inter-nucleosomal DNA fragmentation and loss of RNA integrity during seed ageing

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-72

  Kranner, Ilse ^a   Chen, Hongying ^a,b   Pritchard, Hugh W ^a   Pearce, Stephen R ^c   Birtić, Simona ^a,c  

^a ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

^b KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; DNA; Pisum sativum; Programmed cell death; RNA; Seed

Indexed keywords

PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 78650312287     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-010-9512-7     Document Type: Article

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