Genetic control of programmed cell death in the Caenorhabditis elegans hermaphrodite germline

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1011-1022

  Gumienny, Tina L ^a,b   Lambie, Eric ^c   Hartwieg, Erika ^d   Horvitz, H Robert ^d   Hengartner, Michael O ^a,b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Germline; Oocyte; Programmrd cell death; Ras MAPK pathway

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GERM LINE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GERM CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033026027     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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