An insertional mutagenesis approach to Dictyostelium cell death

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 416-425

  Cornillon, Sophie ^a   Olie, Robert A ^a   Golstein, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cell death; Dictyostelium; Evolution; Insertional mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DICTYOSTELIUM; DISSOCIATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE ISOLATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0031824304     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400361     Document Type: Article

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