Replicate and die for your own good: Endoreduplication and cell death in the cereal endosperm

Journal of Cereal Science

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-20

  Sabelli, Paolo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Cell death; Endoreduplication; Endosperm

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862764585     PISSN: 07335210     EISSN: 10959963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcs.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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