Phospholipase C and D in the commitment to survival or death in the early lag phase of Tetrahymena cultures

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 133-139

  Rasmussen, Morten ^a   Rasmussen, Leif ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell death; Cell survival; Lag phase; Lyso phosphatidylcholine; Phospholipase C; Phospholipase D; Tetrahymena; U 73122

Indexed keywords

1 [[6 (3 METHOXYESTRA 1,3,5(10) TRIEN 17BETA YL)AMINO]HEXYL] 1H PYRROLE 2,5 DIONE; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE D;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRENES; KINETICS; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE D; PYRROLIDINONES; TETRAHYMENA; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0034025129     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0844(200006)18:2<133::AID-CBF868>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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