Caenorhabditis elegans inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) homologue BIR-1 plays a conserved role in cytokinesis

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 292-302

  Fraser, Andrew G ^a   James, Claerwen ^b   Evan, Gerard I ^b   Hengartner, Michael O ^a  

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

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; APOPTOSIS; BACULOVIRUS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOGENETICS; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SURVIVIN; TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEXAPODA; INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLES; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033602489     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80137-7     Document Type: Article

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