Apparent caspase independence of programmed cell death in Dictyostelium

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 955-958

  Olie, R A ^a   Durrieu, F ^b   Cornillon, S ^a   Loughran, G ^c   Gross, J ^c   Earnshaw, W C ^b   Golstein, P ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA;

EID: 0032572712     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70395-1     Document Type: Article

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