Inducible cell death in plant immunity.

TY - JOUR

T1 - Inducible cell death in plant immunity.

AU - Hofius, Daniel

AU - Tsitsigiannis, Dimitrios I

AU - Jones, Jonathan D G

AU - Mundy, John

N1 - Keywords: Apoptosis; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; Genes, Plant; Immunity, Natural; Plant Diseases; Plants

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Programmed cell death (PCD) occurs during vegetative and reproductive plant growth, as typified by autumnal leaf senescence and the terminal differentiation of the endosperm of cereals which provide our major source of food. PCD also occurs in response to environmental stress and pathogen attack, and these inducible PCD forms are intensively studied due their experimental tractability. In general, evidence exists for plant cell death pathways which have similarities to the apoptotic, autophagic and necrotic forms described in yeast and metazoans. Recent research aiming to understand these pathways and their molecular components in plants are reviewed here.

AB - Programmed cell death (PCD) occurs during vegetative and reproductive plant growth, as typified by autumnal leaf senescence and the terminal differentiation of the endosperm of cereals which provide our major source of food. PCD also occurs in response to environmental stress and pathogen attack, and these inducible PCD forms are intensively studied due their experimental tractability. In general, evidence exists for plant cell death pathways which have similarities to the apoptotic, autophagic and necrotic forms described in yeast and metazoans. Recent research aiming to understand these pathways and their molecular components in plants are reviewed here.

U2 - 10.1016/j.semcancer.2006.12.001

DO - 10.1016/j.semcancer.2006.12.001

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 17218111

SN - 1044-579X

VL - 17

SP - 166

EP - 187

JO - Seminars in Cancer Biology

JF - Seminars in Cancer Biology

IS - 2

ER -