Programmed Cell Death in Animals and Plants
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Author(s): J. A. Bryant, S. G. Hughes and J. M. Garland (Eds)
Publisher: BIOS
ISBN: 1859961673
Format: hardback
310pp
Price: £67.50
Review Date: 31 May 2000
Review: This book aims to deal with the occurrence of programmed death in a variety of systems, both 'normal' and pathological, and discusses the various regulatory mechanisms that operate in those systems. A particular form of cell death, apoptosis (from the Greek meaning 'falling away', as applied to leaves) was defined in the early 1970s. Since then the number of publications on apoptosis has grown into thousands per year. These range from the growth of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to the development of neuronal connections in the vertebrate brain. This is the first book to integrate coverage of programmed cells in plants, vertebrates, so giving the reader the opportunity to compare the latest data from different species. Topics covered include: mechanisms of programmed cell death; enzymes and substrates in apoptosis; cell compartments regulating apoptosis; cell co-ordination of programmed cell death; cell stress and cell death; and programmed cell death in development.