Cell death in late embryogenesis of the leech Helobdella

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 209, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 515-525

  Tsubokawa, Ryoko ^a,b   Wedeen, Cathy J ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell death; Engrailed; Leech; Mesoderm; Septum

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LINEAGE; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LEECH; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEECHES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MORPHOGENESIS;

HELOBDELLA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032826961     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050284     Document Type: Article

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