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Abstract
In dry seeds, fragmentation of nuclear DNA and activation of DNases occur in vivo during embryo senescence. This loss of DNA integrity could be the source of chromosomal aberrations and impaired transcription observed when seeds of low viability germinate.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 19213149 DOI: 10.1038/272593a0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nature ISSN: 0028-0836 Impact factor: 49.962