title: [Environmental stress-induced programmed cell death in higher plants].
abstract: Programmed cell death (PCD) research in higher plants has blossomed in the past ten years. Many evidences suggested that reactive oxygen species,ethylene, Ca2+, salicylic acid, nitric oxide etc. are important signal molecules during environmental stress-induced PCD in plants. Like apoptosis in animals, there also exists a Caspase-dependent PCD signal transduction pathway, in which mitochondrion plays a role of central depot.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310012, China.
authors.forename: Jian-Wei
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Qing
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Mu-Yuan
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Zhu