Cell death in the unicellular chlorophyte Dunaliella tertiolecta. A hypothesis on the evolution of apoptosis in higher plants and metazoans

Plant Physiology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-105

  Segovia, María ^a   Haramaty, Liti ^b   Berges, John A ^a   Falkowski, Paul G ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CELLS; GENES; IMMUNOLOGY; PROTEINS;

UNICELLULAR ORGANISMS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ALGAE; CHLOROPHYTA; DUNALIELLA TERTIOLECTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0038663132     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.102.017129     Document Type: Article

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