Checkpoint and physiological apoptosis in germ cells proceeds normally in spaceflown Caenorhabditis elegans

Apoptosis

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 949-954

  Higashitani, A ^a   Higashibata, A ^b   Sasagawa, Y ^a   Sugimoto, T ^a   Miyazawa, Y ^a   Szewcyk, N J ^c,g   Viso, M ^d   Gasset, G ^e   Eche, B ^e   Fukui, K ^f   Shimazu, T ^f   Fujimoto, N ^b   Kuriyama, K ^b   Ishioka, N ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d CNES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^f JSF ^*  (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; ced 1; Cell corpse; Checkpoint; Meiosis; Pachytene; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COSMIC RADIATION; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; METAZOON; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; GERM CELLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPACE FLIGHT;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; METAZOA;

EID: 24644484269     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-1323-3     Document Type: Article

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