Cell death in C. elegans: Molecular insights into mechanisms conserved between nematodes sand mammals

Brain Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-425

  Driscoll, Monica ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOGENETICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029859434     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1996.tb00873.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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