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ReviewJournal of experimental botany2024

Endosperm cell death: roles and regulation in angiosperms.

Nicolas M Doll, Moritz K Nowack

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Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Programmed Cell Death in the Endosperm Is a Hallmark of Seed Germination inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. How parental factors shape the plant embryo.Biochemical Society transactions · 2025
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  9. A spatially resolved multiomic single-cell atlas of soybean development.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Nicolas M DollDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5429-8920
Moritz K NowackDepartment of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent 9052, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-8918-7577
Ghent University · BEUniversité Claude Bernard Lyon 1 · FR

Funding

Bettencourt Schueller FoundationEuropean Molecular Biology OrganizationEuropean Research Council 864952Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen G002620NFrench Ministère de l'Éducation nationaleMSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship END-osperm
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Double fertilization in angiosperms results in the formation of a second zygote, the fertilized endosperm. Unlike its embryo sibling, the endosperm is a transient structure that eventually undergoes developmentally controlled programmed cell death (PCD) at specific time points of seed development or germination. The nature of endosperm PCD exhibits a considerable diversity, both across different angiosperm taxa and within distinct endosperm tissues. In endosperm-less species, PCD might cause central cell degeneration as a mechanism preventing the formation of a fertilized endosperm. In most other angiosperms, embryo growth necessitates the elimination of surrounding endosperm cells. Nevertheless, complete elimination of the endosperm is rare and, in most cases, specific endosperm tissues persist. In mature seeds, these persisting cells may be dead, such as the starchy endosperm in cereals, or remain alive to die only during germination, like the cereal aleurone or the endosperm of castor beans. In this review, we explore current knowledge surrounding the cellular, molecular, and genetic aspects of endosperm PCD, and the influence environmental stresses have on PCD processes. Overall, this review provides an exhaustive overview of endosperm PCD processes in angiosperms, shedding light on its diverse mechanisms and its significance in seed development and seedling establishment.

Indexed as

EndospermMagnoliopsidaApoptosisGerminationPlant Physiological PhenomenaRicinus communisStarchStarchAngiospermcell deathcell eliminationendospermgerminationPCDprogrammed cell deathseed development

Identifiers

PMID38364847
PMCPMC7616292
OpenAlexW4391920700

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