Lysosomal enzymes in the macronucleus of Tetrahymena during its apoptosis-like degradation

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 289-297

  Lu, E ^a   Wolfe, J ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidification; Apoptosis; Autophagosome; Ciliate; Lysosome; Nucleus

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ACRIDINE ORANGE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; DNA; LYSOSOME ENZYME;

ACIDIFICATION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DEGRADATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; LYSOSOME; MACRONUCLEUS; MONITORING; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHAGOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CHROMATIN; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; KINETICS; LYSOSOMES; MACRONUCLEUS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0035069454     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400807     Document Type: Article

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