Senescence and programmed cell death in plants: Polyamine action mediated by transglutaminase

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Del Duca, Stefano ^a   Serafini Fracassini, Donatella ^a   Cai, Giampiero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flower corolla; Hypersensitive response; Leaf; Pollen; Polyamines; Programmed cell death; Senescence; Transglutaminase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901016389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00120     Document Type: Review

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