Cell death in Tetrahymena thermophila: New observations on culture conditions

Cell Biology International

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 509-519

  Christensen, Soren T ^a,b   Sorensen, Heidi ^a   Beyer, Natascha H ^a   Kristiansen, Karsten ^a   Rasmussen, Leif ^a   Rasmussen, Morten I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Actinomycin D; Apoptosis; Oxygen tension; Plastic caps; Programmed cell death; Proliferation; Signal transduction; Survival; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0034954415     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.2000.0689     Document Type: Article

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