What is apoptosis, and why is it important?

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7301, 2001, Pages 1536-1538

  Renehan, A G ^a   Booth, C ^a   Potten, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; ENDONUCLEASE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CELL DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035938924     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7301.1536     Document Type: Short Survey

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