Historical perspectives

Essays in Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-10

  Curtin, James F ^a   Cotter, Thomas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; FAS ANTIBODY; FAS ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

APOPTOSIS; ATROPHY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICINE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0345447025     PISSN: 00711365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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