As a result of climate changes, land use and agriculture have to adapt to new demands.
Agriculture is responsible for a large part of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that have …

The coevolution of host-pathogen interactions underlies many human physiological traits
associated with protection from or susceptibility to infections. Among the mechanisms that …

INTRODUCTION Cellular damage caused by wounding triggers signals to alert the
surrounding tissue. As a universal process in all multicellular organisms, these signals …

Metacaspases are cysteine proteases that are present in plants, protists, fungi, and bacteria.
Previously, we found that physical damage, eg, pinching with forceps or grinding on liquid …

Drought stress affects cereals especially during the reproductive stage. The maize (Zea
mays) drought transcriptome was studied using RNA-Seq analysis to compare drought …

Vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE) is a cysteine proteinase originally identified as the
proteinase responsible for the maturation and activation of vacuolar proteins in plants, and it …

The unfolded protein response (UPR) is activated to sustain cell survival by reducing
misfolded protein accumulation in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). The UPR also promotes …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a ubiquitous genetically regulated process consisting in an
activation of finely controlled signaling pathways that lead to cellular suicide. Although some …

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a process intended for the maintenance of cellular
homeostasis by eliminating old, damaged, or unwanted cells. In plants, PCD takes place …

Like all eukaryotic organisms, plants possess an innate program for controlled cellular
demise termed programmed cell death (PCD). Despite the functional conservation of PCD …