Involvement of poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase and activation of caspase‐3‐like protease in heat shock‐induced apoptosis in tobacco suspension cells

Abstract
The cleavage of poly(ADP‐ribose) polymerase (PARP) by caspase (casp)‐3 is an essential link in the apoptotic pathway in animal cells. In plant cells, however, there is no authentic evidence for the s...