Apoptosis in Trypanosomatids: Evolutionary and phylogenetic considerations
Programmed cell death (PCD) or apoptosis, an active process of cell death, plays a central role in normal tissue development and organogenesis, as well as in the pathogenesis of different diseases. Although it occurs in diverse cells and tissues under the influence of a remarkable variety of inducin...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
1998-03-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000100005 |