Cell death occurs in the same way in plants, animals, and humans
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 05:35
in Biology & Nature
Research has previously assumed that animals and plants developed different genetic programs for cell death. Now an international constellation of research teams, including one at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, has shown that parts of the genetic programs that determine programmed cell death in plants and animals are actually evolutionarily related and moreover function in a similar way. The findings were published in Nature Cell Biology 11 October...