Developing Caenorhabditis elegans neurons may contain both cell-death protective and killer activities

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 578-591

  Shaham, Shai ^a   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bcl 2 family; C. elegans; cysteine protease; ICE family; programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; ONCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0030012008     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.5.578     Document Type: Article

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