Evolutionary conservation of a genetic pathway of programmed cell death

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 4-11

  Yuan, Junying ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL MATURATION; EVOLUTION; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENES, HELMINTH; INTERLEUKIN-1; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 3A;

EID: 0030068922     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960101)60:1<4::AID-JCB2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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