Multiple Modes of Cell Death Discovered in a Prokaryotic (Cyanobacterial) Endosymbiont.

Programmed cell death (PCD) is a genetically-based cell death mechanism with vital roles in eukaryotes. Although there is limited consensus on similar death mode programs in prokaryotes, emerging evidence suggest that PCD events are operative. Here we present cell death events in a cyanobacterium li...

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Main Authors: Weiwen Zheng, Ulla Rasmussen, Siping Zheng, Xiaodong Bao, Bin Chen, Yuan Gao, Xiong Guan, John Larsson, Birgitta Bergman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688857?pdf=render