Haemocytes and blastogenetic cycle in the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri: A matter of life and death

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 331, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 555-564

  Ballarin, Loriano ^a   Menin, Adams ^a   Tallandini, Laura ^a   Matozzo, Valerio ^a   Burighel, Paolo ^a   Basso, Giuseppe ^a   Fortunato, Elena ^a   Cima, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascidian, Botryllus schlosseri (Tunicata); Blastogenetic cycle; Haemocytes

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BLOOD CELL; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; HEMOCYTES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PHAGOCYTES; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 38349018800     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0513-4     Document Type: Article

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