Engulfment Mechanism of Apoptotic Cells

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 855-859

  Xu, Ming Yan ^a   Xu, Xiao Hu ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptotic cell; Engulfment genes; Mechanism; Phagocyte; Phagocytosis; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FATE; CELL SURFACE; CELL TYPE; EXPOSURE; GENE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INGESTION; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PINOCYTOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1642452608     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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