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Genetically programmed cell death: the base of homeostasis and the form of the phytoimmunity response

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Modern concepts of programmed cell death, particularly the apoptosis in animals and plants are analyzed in this paper. A comparative characteristic of apoptosis in animal and plant cells taking into consideration the physiologic features of cells is presented. Necrosis as a form of pathological and not genetically programmed cell death is characterized. The significance (necessity) of apoptosis during the formation of a plant’s hypersensitive response and the role of programmed cell death under conditions of joint interrelations in the “pathogen-host” system are discussed.

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Original Ukrainian Text © A.M. Kyrychenko, O.G. Kovalenko, 2010, published in Tsitologiya i Genetika, 2010, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 70–81.

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Kyrychenko, A.M., Kovalenko, O.G. Genetically programmed cell death: the base of homeostasis and the form of the phytoimmunity response. Cytol. Genet. 44, 252–261 (2010). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0095452710040110

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