title: Inducible cell death in plant immunity.
abstract: Programmed cell death (PCD) occurs during vegetative and reproductive plant growth, as typified by autumnal leaf senescence and the terminal differentiation of the endosperm of cereals which provide our major source of food. PCD also occurs in response to environmental stress and pathogen attack, and these inducible PCD forms are intensively studied due their experimental tractability. In general, evidence exists for plant cell death pathways which have similarities to the apoptotic, autophagic and necrotic forms described in yeast and metazoans. Recent research aiming to understand these pathways and their molecular components in plants are reviewed here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 2A, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hofius
authors.forename: Dimitrios I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Tsitsigiannis
authors.forename: Jonathan D G
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mundy
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000276:immunology*; D018506:Gene Expression Regulation, Plant; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D010944:Plants / Q000276:immunology*