Yeast as a tool for apoptosis research

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 618-623

  Matsuyama, Shigemi ^a   Nouraini, Shahrzad ^a   Reed, John C ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0032694301     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(99)00031-4     Document Type: Review

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