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Blocking apoptosis prevents blindness in Drosophila retinal degeneration mutants.

Nature - 5 Feb 1998

Davidson F F, Steller H

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Apoptosis is a gene-directed form of cell death that is essential for normal development and health. Yet abnormally high levels of apoptosis are linked to many degenerative diseases. Some important biochemical events in apoptosis have been identified, but the therapeutic utility of blocking cell...

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Animals
Apoptosis
Drosophila
Electroretinography
Humans
Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins
Mutation
Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate
Viral Proteins
Vision, Ocular

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PMID: 9468136
DOI: 10.1038/35385

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