SASP, a Senescence-Associated Subtilisin Protease, is involved in reproductive development and determination of silique number in Arabidopsis

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 161-174

  Martinez, Dana E ^a   Borniego, Maria L ^a   Battchikova, Natalia ^b   Aro, Eva Mari ^b   Tyystjärvi, Esa ^b   Guiamét, Juan J ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

At3g14067; Inflorescence; Protease activity; Reproductive development; Senescence; Subtilisin protease

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; SASP PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; SUBTILISIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT SEED; PROTEOMICS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOMICS; SEEDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBTILISINS;

EID: 84922588513     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru409     Document Type: Article

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