Programmed cell death and apoptosis: Origins of the theory

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 545-550

  Lockshin, Richard A ^a   Zakeri, Zahra ^b  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PORTRAITS;

EID: 0035409448     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35080097     Document Type: Review

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