Ceramides induce programmed cell death in Arabidopsis cells in a calcium-dependent manner

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 161-166

  Townley, Helen E ^a   McDonald, Kerrie ^a,c   Jenkins, Gareth I ^b   Knight, Marc R ^a   Leaver, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Science and Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calcium signalling; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CERAMIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; CERAMIDES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPHINGOSINE;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 14944363719     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2005.020     Document Type: Article

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