Non-apoptotic cell death in animal development

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1326-1336

  Kutscher, Lena M ^a   Shaham, Shai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; UBIQUITIN; CASPASE; PROTEASOME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DROSOPHILA; ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETIC BACKGROUND; GERM CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INNER CELL MASS; LYSOSOME; MUELLERIAN DUCT; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; ANIMAL; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CHICK EMBRYO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; OVUM; PROTEASOME ENDOPEPTIDASE COMPLEX; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN;

EID: 85013104364     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2017.20     Document Type: Review

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