Vacuolar processing enzyme in plant programmed cell death

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Hatsugai, Noriyuki ^a   Yamada, Kenji ^b   Goto Yamada, Shino ^b   Hara Nishimura, Ikuko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asparaginyl endopeptidase (AEP); Caspase 1; Hypersensitive cell death; Legumain; Programmed cell death; Senescence; Vacuolar collapse; Vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84928114262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00234     Document Type: Article

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