Caenorhabditis elegans CED-4 stimulates CED-3 processing and CED-3-induced apoptosis

Current Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 455-460

  Seshagiri, Somasekar ^a   Miller, Lois K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INSECTA; METAZOA; MYTHIMNA UNIPUNCTA; VERMES;

EID: 0031194404     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(06)00216-8     Document Type: Article

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