The evolution of a mechanism of cell suicide

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 84-88

  Blackstone, Neil W ^a   Green, Douglas R ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033045528     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199901)21:1<84::AID-BIES11>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Review

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