Death harmony played by nucleus and mitochondria: Nuclear apoptosis during conjugation of Tetrahymena

Autophagy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-131

  Endoh, Hiroshi ^a   Kobayashi, Takashi ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caspase like activity; Conjugation; Endonuclease; Macronucleus; Mitochondria; Oligonucleosomal laddering; Programmed nuclear death; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROGENY; TETRAHYMENA;

MAMMALIA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 33645951059     PISSN: 15548627     EISSN: 15548635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/auto.2.2.2368     Document Type: Article

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