The human homologue of Caenorhabditis elegans CED-6 specifically promotes phagocytosis of apoptotic cells

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 1351-1354

  Smits, Elke ^b   Van Criekinge, Wim ^b   Plaetinck, Geert ^b   Bogaert, Thierry ^b   Devgen, N V ^a  

^a Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 9   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL ENGULFMENT; ENGULFMENT PROTEIN; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN CED 6; PROTEIN HOMOLOG;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0002037649     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80062-7     Document Type: Article

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