Prevention of apoptosis by a baculovirus gene during infection of insect cells.

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Prevention of apoptosis by a baculovirus gene during infection of insect cells.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 29 Nov 1991

Clem R J, Fechheimer M, Miller L K

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Programmed cell death is an active process of self destruction that is important in both the development and maintenance of multicellular animals. The molecular mechanisms controlling activation or suppression of programmed cell death are largely unknown. Apoptosis, a morphologically and biochemi...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Baculoviridae
Base Sequence
Cell Death
Cell Line
Genes, Viral
Insecta
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis, Insertional
Open Reading Frames
Phenotype
Restriction Mapping

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