Cell-Nonautonomous Regulation of C. elegans Germ Cell Death by kri-1

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 333-338

  Ito, Shu ^a,b   Greiss, Sebastian ^c   Gartner, Anton ^c   Derry, W Brent ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CELLCYCLE; DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; KRI 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; KRI-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; GERM CELLS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 76749108400     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.12.032     Document Type: Article

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