Methods to study cell death in Dictyostelium discoideum

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 66, 2001, Pages 469-497

  Levraud, Jean Pierre ^a   Adam, Myriam ^a   Cornillon, Sophie ^a   Golstein, Pierre ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DICTYOSTELIUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DICTYOSTELIUM; FLUORESCENT DYES; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 35448955775     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(01)66022-9     Document Type: Article

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