Evidence for an instructive role of apoptosis during the metamorphosis of Hydractinia echinata (Hydrozoa)

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-22

  Wittig, Karola ^a   Kasper, Jennifer ^b   Seipp, Stefanie ^c   Leitz, Thomas ^d  

^a MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Carl Roth GmbH + Co KG   (Germany)

^d University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caspase 3 sequence; Cnidaria; Programmed cell death; RNA interference techniques

Indexed keywords

CNIDARIA; HYDRACTINIA ECHINATA; HYDROZOA;

EID: 79955108101     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.09.004     Document Type: Article

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