The Complex Regulation of Senescence

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 124-147

  Fischer, Andreas M ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

co expression analysis; epigenetic control; hormones; reactive oxygen species; receptor protein kinases; selective proteolysis; transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859304184     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2011.616065     Document Type: Article

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