Mitochondria play important roles in animal apoptosis and are implicated in salicylic acid
(SA)-induced plant resistance to viral pathogens. In a previous study, we demonstrated that …

Harpin is a well-known proteinaceous bacterial elicitor that can induce an oxidative burst
and programmed cell death in various host plants. Given the demonstrated roles of …

Salicylic acid (SA) is known to induce alternative pathway respiration by activating
expression of the alternative oxidase gene. In the present study we report a rapid mode of …

Nicotiana sylvestris leaves challenged by the bacterial elicitor harpin N Ea were used as a
model system in which to determine the respective roles of light, oxygen, photosynthesis …

We report here the detection of the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the
cytosol during menadione-induced apoptosis in tobacco protoplasts. Western blot analysis …

The plant response to attempted infection by microbial pathogens is often accompanied by
rapid cell death in and around the initial infection site, a reaction known as the …

Harpin from Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (HrpZ) elicits a rapid cell death
response in tobacco plants. Multiple signaling components, including mitogen‐activated …

Fusaric acid (FA), a non-specific toxin produced mainly by Fusarium spp., can cause
programmed cell death (PCD) in tobacco suspension cells. The mechanism underlying the …

The plant mitochondrial electron transport chain is branched such that electrons at ubiquinol
can be diverted to oxygen via the alternative oxidase (AOX). This pathway does not …

Mitochondria constitute a major source of reactive oxygen species and have been proposed
to integrate the cellular responses to stress. In animals, it was shown that mitochondria can …