Programmed Cell Death in Higher Plants

2000
ISBN: 978-0-7923-6677-5
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 859 g

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 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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lam, E.

Greenberg, J.

Fukuda, H.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenpathologie, Pflanzenkrankheiten
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenphysiologie, Photosynthese

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Developmental cell death in plants.- Programmed cell death of tracheary elements as a paradigm in plants.- Programmed cell death in cereal aleurone.- Programmed cell death in plant reproduction.- Programmed cell death during endosperm development.- Regulation of cell death in flower petals.- Section 2: Induced cell death models.- Hypersensitive response-related death.- Transgene-induced lesion mimic.- Ozone: a tool for probing programmed cell death in plants.- Programmed cell death in cell cultures.- Section 3: Machine parts and regulators of the death engine in plants.- Regulators of cell death in disease resistance.- Endonucleases.- Plant proteolytic enzymes: possible roles during programmed cell death.- Caspase-Iike protease involvement in the control of plant cell death.- Salicylic acid in the machinery of hypersensitive cell death and disease resistance M.E. Alvarez.