Why yeast cells can undergo apoptosis: Death in times of peace, love, and war

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 521-525

  Büttner, Sabrina ^a   Eisenberg, Tobias ^a   Herker, Eva ^b   Carmona Gutierrez, Didac ^a   Kroemer, Guido ^c   Madeo, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF VIROLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ALTRUISM; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; KILLER CELL; MATING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; YEAST CELL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; APOPTOSIS; FOOD; MYCOTOXINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33751234213     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200608098     Document Type: Short Survey

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