Apoptosis in a unicellular eukaryote (Trypanosoma cruzi): Implications for the evolutionary origin and role of programmed cell death in the control of cell proliferation, differentiation and survival

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 285-300

  Ameisen, Jean Claude ^a,b,d   Idziorek, Thierry ^a   Billaut Mulot, Odile ^a   Loyens, Marc ^a   Tissier, Jean Pierre ^c   Potentier, Arnaud ^a   Ouaissi, Ali ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cell death; Cell differentiation; Cell proliferation; Complement; Epimastigote; Evolution; Extracellular signals; Necrosis; Programmed cell death; Protozoan parasite; Regulation; Survival signals; Trypanosoma cruzi; Trypomastigote; Unicellular eukaryote

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028817287     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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