Programmed cell death (PCD) plays a major role in plant development and defense
throughout the plant kingdom. Within animal systems, it is well accepted that caspases play …

Background Programmed cell death (PCD) is an important process for the development and
maintenance of multicellular eukaryotes. In animals, there are three morphologically distinct …

Background Developmentally regulated programmed cell death (PCD) is the controlled
death of cells that occurs throughout the life cycle of both plants and animals. The lace plant …

To date, many animal models for programmed cell death (PCD) have been extensively
characterized and classified while such efforts in plant types of PCD still remain poorly …

Plants have evolved distinct pathways and strategies from those of animals to cope with
environmental stresses as well as microbial invaders. This is in part due to the sessile nature …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically-controlled disassembly of the cell. In animal
systems, the central core execution switch for apoptotic PCD is the activation of caspases …

Plant life cannot exist without programmed cell death (PCD). Both plant developmental
processes and responses to environmental factors are modulated by highly controlled …

Only a handful of model systems for studying programmed cell death (PCD) exist. The model
Arabidopsis thaliana has generated a plethora of knowledge, but it is essential to introduce …

Two recent discoveries significantly add to our understanding of plant programmed cell
death (PCD). Hatsugai et al. showed that cell death is dependent on proper proteasome …

Aponogeton madagascariensis produces perforations over its leaf surface via programmed
cell death (PCD). PCD begins between longitudinal and transverse veins at the center of …