Programmed cell death in procyclic Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense is associated with differential expression of mRNAs

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 365-370

  Murphy, Noel B ^a   Welburn, Susan C ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Differential display; Differential gene expression; Programmed cell death, lectin; Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000535451     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400253     Document Type: Article

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