Changes in ultrastructure, protease and caspase-like activities during flower senescence in Lilium longiflorum

Plant Science

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 716-725

  Battelli, Riccardo ^a   Lombardi, Lara ^a   Rogers, Hilary J ^b   Picciarelli, Piero ^a   Lorenzi, Roberto ^a   Ceccarelli, Nello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caspases; Cell death; Lilium longiflorum; Senescence; Tepal; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LILY; MESOPHYLL CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; AUTOPHAGY; CASPASES; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LILIUM; MESOPHYLL CELLS; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PLANT PROTEINS;

LILIUM; LILIUM LONGIFLORUM;

EID: 79952626281     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2011.01.024     Document Type: Article

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