Apoptosis is not conserved in plants as revealed by critical examination of a model for plant apoptosis-like cell death

Abstract Background Animals and plants diverged over one billion years ago and evolved unique mechanisms for many cellular processes, including cell death. One of the most well-studied cell death programmes in animals, apoptosis, involves gradual cell dismantling and engulfment of cellular fragments...

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Main Authors: Elena A. Minina, Adrian N. Dauphinee, Florentine Ballhaus, Vladimir Gogvadze, Andrei P. Smertenko, Peter V. Bozhkov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-021-01018-z