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Salt causes ion disequilibrium-induced programmed cell death in yeast and plants.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Mar 2002
Huh Gyung-Hye, Damsz Barbara, Matsumoto Tracie K, Reddy Muppala P, Rus Ana M, Ibeas José I, Narasimhan Meena L, Bressan Ray A, Hasegawa Paul M
Abstract excerpt
Programmed cell death (PCD) is a fundamental cellular process conserved in metazoans, plants and yeast. Evidence is presented that salt induces PCD in yeast and plants because of an ionic, rather than osmotic, etiology. In yeast, NaCl inhibited growth and caused a time-dependent reduction in viability that was preceded by DNA fragmentation. NaCl also induced the cytological hallmarks of lysigenous-type PCD,...
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