Staying alive: Molecular aspects of seed longevity

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 660-674

  Sano, Naoto ^a   Rajjou, Loïc ^b   North, Helen M ^b   Debeaujon, Isabelle ^b   Marion Poll, Annie ^b   Seo, Mitsunori ^a,c  

^a Elements Chemistry Laboratory   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Desiccation; Dormancy; Hormone; Longevity; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

PLANT RNA; POLYPHENOL; WAX;

CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; DORMANCY; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

DNA REPAIR; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DORMANCY; POLYPHENOLS; RNA, PLANT; SEEDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WAXES;

EID: 84971631294     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: 14719053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcv186     Document Type: Review

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