Caenorhabditis elegans genes required for the engulfment of apoptotic corpses function in the cytotoxic cell deaths induced by mutations in lin-24 and lin-33

Genetics

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 403-417

  Galvin, Brendan D ^a   Kim, Saechin ^a,b   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLAST CELL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL KILLING; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIN 24 GENE; LIN 33 GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENETRANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VULVA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL LINE; EPIDERMIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, HELMINTH; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 52049105429     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.108.087221     Document Type: Article

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