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Summary: Constitutive caspase-like machinery executes
programmed cell death in plant cells
M Elbaz1
, A Avni*,1
and M Weil2
1
Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University,
Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
2
Department of Cell Research and Immunology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel
Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
* Corresponding author: A Avni, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Life
Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramit Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
Tel: 972-3-640-9840; Fax: 972-3-640-9380; E- mail: lpavni@post.tau.ac.il
Received 10.7.01; revised 15.11.01; accepted 11.1.02
Edited by M Piacentini
Abstract
Themorphologicalfeaturesofprogrammedcelldeath(PCD)and
themolecularmachineryinvolvedinthedeathprograminanimal
cellshavebeenintensivelystudied.Inplants,celldeathhasbeen
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