Necrosis has been defined as a type of cell death that lacks the features of apoptosis and
autophagy, and is usually considered to be uncontrolled. Recent research suggests …

Sperm cells of flowering plants are non-motile and thus require transportation to the egg
apparatus via the pollen tube to execute double fertilization. During its journey, the pollen …

Matrix stiffening and myofibroblast resistance to apoptosis are cardinal features of chronic
fibrotic diseases involving diverse organ systems. The interactions between altered tissue …

Petal senescence is reviewed, with the main emphasis on gene expression in relation to
physiological functions. Autophagy seems to be the major mechanism for large-scale …

Apoptosis is an important biological process required for the removal of unwanted or
damaged cells. Mounting evidence implicates the actin cytoskeleton as both a sensor and …

Programmed cell death (PCD), the highly regulated dismantling of cells, is essential for plant
growth and survival. PCD plays key roles in embryo development, formation and maturation …

Self-incompatibility (SI) plays a pivotal role in whether self-pollen is accepted or rejected.
Most SI systems employ two tightly linked loci encoding highly polymorphic pollen (male) …

To understand how auxin regulates root growth, we quantified cell division and elemental
elongation, and examined actin organization in the primary root of Arabidopsis thaliana. In …

Higher plants produce seed through pollination, using specific interactions between pollen
and pistil. Self-incompatibility is an important mechanism used in many species to prevent …

Achieving an understanding of how apoptosis/PCD (programmed cell death) is integrated
within cellular responses to environmental and intracellular signals is a daunting task. From …