Genetic control of programmed cell death and aging in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 32, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 363-374

  Hengartner, Michael O ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Biological clocks; Cell death genes; Dauer formation; Life span

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; LONGEVITY;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030759779     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(96)00167-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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