Ebook: Programmed Cell Death in Higher Plants

The molecular mechanisms which determine whether the cells of a multicellular organism will live or commit suicide have become a popular field of research in biology during the last decade. Cell death research in the plant field has also been expanding rapidly in the past 5 years. This special volume of Plant Molecular Biology seeks to bring together examples of a diverse array of experimental approaches in a single volume. From the differentiation of tracheary elements in vascular plants to the more specialized cell death model of the aleurone in cereals, this volume will bring the reader up-to-date with the characterization of different plant model systems that are currently being studied. This endeavor should complement general overviews of plant cell death mechanisms that have been published elsewhere by providing more detailed information on various aspects of this field to interested graduate students and more senior biologists alike.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages ix-ix
Programmed cell death of tracheary elements as a paradigm in plants....Pages 1-9
Programmed cell death in cereal aleurone....Pages 11-22
Programmed cell death in plant reproduction....Pages 23-37
Programmed cell death during endosperm development....Pages 39-57
Regulation of cell death in flower petals....Pages 59-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Hypersensitive response-related death....Pages 77-90
Transgene-induced lesion mimic....Pages 91-100
Ozone: a tool for probing programmed cell death in plants....Pages 101-114
Programmed cell death in cell cultures....Pages 115-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Regulators of cell death in disease resistance....Pages 127-141
Endonucleases....Pages 143-153
Plant proteolytic enzymes: possible roles during programmed cell death....Pages 155-171
Caspase-like protease involvement in the control of plant cell death....Pages 173-184
Salicylic acid in the machinery of hypersensitive cell death and disease resistance....Pages 185-198
Back Matter....Pages 199-200

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages ix-ix
Programmed cell death of tracheary elements as a paradigm in plants....Pages 1-9
Programmed cell death in cereal aleurone....Pages 11-22
Programmed cell death in plant reproduction....Pages 23-37
Programmed cell death during endosperm development....Pages 39-57
Regulation of cell death in flower petals....Pages 59-74
Front Matter....Pages 75-75
Hypersensitive response-related death....Pages 77-90
Transgene-induced lesion mimic....Pages 91-100
Ozone: a tool for probing programmed cell death in plants....Pages 101-114
Programmed cell death in cell cultures....Pages 115-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Regulators of cell death in disease resistance....Pages 127-141
Endonucleases....Pages 143-153
Plant proteolytic enzymes: possible roles during programmed cell death....Pages 155-171
Caspase-like protease involvement in the control of plant cell death....Pages 173-184
Salicylic acid in the machinery of hypersensitive cell death and disease resistance....Pages 185-198
Back Matter....Pages 199-200
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