Hovering between death and life: Natural apoptosis and phagocytes in the blastogenetic cycle of the colonial ascidian Botryllus schlosseri

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 272-285

  Cima, Francesca ^a   Manni, Lucia ^a   Basso, Giuseppe ^a   Fortunato, Elena ^a   Accordi, Benedetta ^a   Schiavon, Filippo ^a   Ballarin, Loriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Asexual reproduction; Botryllus; Phagocytes; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PHAGOCYTOSIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SENESCENCE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NICK END LABELING; PHAGOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; BOTRYLLUS; BOTRYLLUS SCHLOSSERI; INVERTEBRATA; UROCHORDATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHAGOCYTES; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 76849095912     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dci.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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