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Evidence of programmed cell death in post-phloem transport cells of the maternal pedicel tissue in developing caryopsis of maize.
Plant physiology - 1 Nov 2004
Kladnik Ales, Chamusco Karen, Dermastia Marina, Chourey Prem
Abstract excerpt
We present cellular- and ultracellular-level studies here to show developmental programmed cell death (PCD) of placento-chalazal (P-C) cell layers in maternal pedicel tissue in developing caryopses of normal seed (Mn1) and in the invertase-deficient miniature (mn1) seed mutant in maize (Zea mays). PCD was evidenced by loss of nuclei and all subcellular membranous organizations in many P-C layers. The terminal...
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