Cadmium‐induced cell death in <scp>BY</scp>‐2 cell culture starts with vacuolization of cytoplasm and terminates with necrosis

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Cadmium is a potent inducer of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants but the morphological changes in cells exposed to cadmium are poorly characterized. Using light and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) we have investigated the changes in ultrastructure of tobacco BY-2 cells treated with 50 µM CdSO4. The cadmium-induced alterations in cell morphology occurred gradually over a period of 3-4 days and the first...

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