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Accelerated cell death in Podospora autophagy mutants.
Eukaryotic cell - 1 Nov 2005
Pinan-Lucarré Bérangère, Balguerie Axelle, Clavé Corinne
Abstract excerpt
Although autophagy is characteristic of type II programmed cell death (PCD), its role in cell death is currently debated. Both cell death-promoting and prosurvival roles of autophagy have been reported depending on the organism and the cell type. In filamentous fungi, a cell death reaction known as an incompatibility reaction occurs when cells of unlike genotype fuse. Cell death by incompatibility is...
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