Programmed cell death (PCD) is a collective term for diverse processes causing an actively
induced, tightly controlled cellular suicide. PCD has a multitude of functions in the …

… Author links open overlay panel Matthias Van Durme 1 2 , Moritz K Nowack 1 2 … Van
Hautegem, AJ Waters, J. Goodrich, MK Nowack … Van Durme, Y. Olvera-Carrillo, M. Huysmans, M. …

Background The root cap is a plant organ that ensheathes the meristematic stem cells at the
root tip. Unlike other plant organs, the root cap shows a rapid cellular turnover, balancing …

A plethora of diverse programmed cell death ( PCD ) processes has been described in living
organisms. In animals and plants, different forms of PCD play crucial roles in development, …

Cytosine methylation is a key epigenetic mark in many organisms, important for both
transcriptional control and genome integrity. While relatively stable during somatic growth, DNA …

INTRODUCTION Seeds of flowering plants have evolved to typically carry only a single
embryo next to a nourishing tissue, the endosperm that functions analogously to the human …

Flowers have a species-specific functional life span that determines the time window in which
pollination, fertilization and seed set can occur. The stigma tissue plays a key role in flower …

Flowers have a species-specific fertile period during which pollination and fertilization have
to occur to initiate seed and fruit development. Unpollinated flowers remain receptive for …

Aurora kinases are key regulators of mitosis. Multicellular eukaryotes generally possess two
functionally diverged types of Aurora kinases. In plants, including Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis …

Membrane fusion and fission are fundamental processes in sustaining cellular
compartmentalization. Fission of a lipid bilayer requires a furrow formation that brings membranes in …