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Programmed cell death induced by osmotic stress in wheat leaves

Lin Jiusheng, Wang Genxuan

State Key Laboratory of Arid Agroecology,Lanzhou University.Lanzhou 730000,Gansu

Abstract

These results indicated that osmotic stress could induce PCD in wheat leaves. During PCD, the decrease in chlorophyll and protein contents and the increase in electrolyte leakage were all slower than those during necrosis.

Key words: Osmotic stress;Wheat leaves;Programmed cell death;DNA ladder;TUNEL

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Lin Jiusheng, Wang Genxuan. Programmed cell death induced by osmotic stress in wheat leaves. Acta Physiol Sin 2001; 53 (3): (in Chinese with English abstract).