Ethylene produced by the endosperm is involved in the regulation of nucellus programmed cell death in Sechium edule Sw

Plant Science

Volumn 187, Issue , 2012, Pages 31-38

  Lombardi, Lara ^a   Mariotti, Lorenzo ^a   Picciarelli, Piero ^a   Ceccarelli, Nello ^a   Lorenzi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Ethylene; Indoleacetic acid; Nitric oxide; Nucellus; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOHORMONE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CUCURBITACEAE; ENDOSPERM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

APOPTOSIS; CUCURBITACEAE; ENDOSPERM; ETHYLENES; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SECHIUM EDULE;

EID: 84857011120     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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