Molecular genetics of cell death in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.

Abstract excerpt

In C. elegans, cell death can be readily studied at the cellular, genetic, and molecular levels. Two types of death have been characterized in this nematode: (1) programmed cell death, which occurs as a normal component in development; and (2) pathological cell death, which occurs aberrantly as a consequence of mutation. Analysis of mutations that disrupt programmed cell death in various ways has defined a...

Topics

• Animals
• Apoptosis
• Caenorhabditis elegans
• Cell Death
• Mutation
• Phagocytosis