Engulfment mechanism of apoptotic cells

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 734-738

  Krieser, Ronald J ^a   White, Kristin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD36 ANTIGEN; CD47 ANTIGEN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 3; MANNOSE BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CED 1; PROTEIN CED 10; PROTEIN CED 12; PROTEIN CED 2; PROTEIN CED 5; PROTEIN CED 6; PROTEIN CED 7; RAC1 PROTEIN; SURFACTANT PROTEIN A; SURFACTANT PROTEIN D; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL TYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHAGOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 0036898968     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(02)00390-3     Document Type: Review

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