Staurosporine-induced cell death in Tetrahymena thermophila has mixed characteristics of both apoptotic and autophagic degeneration

Cell Biology International

Volumn 22, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 591-598

  Christensen, Søren T ^b   Chemnitz, John ^c   Straarup, Ellen M ^c   Kristiansen, Karsten ^c   Wheatley, Denys N ^a   Rasmussen, Leif ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Apoptosis; Autophagic degeneration; Death; Programmed cell death; Proliferation; Signalling; Staurosporine; Survival; Tetrahymena thermophila

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC GMP; DACTINOMYCIN; HEMIN; INSULIN; PHORBOL ESTER; PROTOPORPHYRIN; STAUROSPORINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0005209066     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1998.0320     Document Type: Article

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