Nuc-1, a Caenorhabditis elegans DNase II homolog, functions in an intermediate step of DNA degradation during apoptosis

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 536-548

  Wu, Yi Chun ^a,b   Stanfield, Gillian M ^a,c   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; DNA degradation; Endonuclease; Nuc 1; Programmed cell death; TUNEL

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, HELMINTH; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LARVA; MAMMALS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034162713     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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