Cell death specification in C. elegans

Cell Cycle

Volumn 7, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2479-2484

  Peden, Erin ^a   Killian, Darrell J ^a   Xue, Ding ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; ced 3; Cell fate specification; egl 1; Programmed cell death; Sex specific; Specification

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CED 3 GENE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; EGL 1 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEX DETERMINATION; STEM CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 49749124280     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.7.16.6479     Document Type: Review

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