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Production and Detection of Reactive Oxygen Species ROS in Cancers
Published on: November 21, 2011
Detection of Reactive Oxygen and Nitrogen Species (ROS/RNS) During Hypersensitive Cell Death
Laura C Terrón-Camero1, Eliana Molina-Moya1, María Sanz-Fernández1
1Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (CSIC), Granada, Spain.
Abstract:
Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) are signaling molecules involved in a plethora of physiological processes in plants. Especially, ROS and nitric oxide (NO) are key players that are required for programmed cell death (PCD). The PCD associated with the hypersensitive response (HR) has been well characterized and the role of H2O2 and NO as key signaling molecules inducing HR has been established. Localization of ROS and NO production in plant tissues in response to pathogens can be imaged by confocal laser microscopy by using specific fluorescent probes. Deciphering the time and spatial regulation of ROS and NO is very important to establish the cellular response of plants to adverse conditions. This chapter is mainly focused on the imaging of ROS and RNS accumulation in vivo in plant tissues undergoing PCD.
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