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Caenorhabditis elegansProgrammed cell deathBiologyGeneCell biologyMutationEmbryonic stem cellCellMutantGeneticsLethal alleleApoptosis
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- 1992
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- 356
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- 6369
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- 494-499
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Michael O. Hengartner,
Ronald Ellis,
Robert Horvitz
(1992).
Caenorhabditis elegans gene ced-9 protects cells from programmed cell death.
Nature
, 356
(6369)
, 494-499.
https://doi.org/10.1038/356494a0
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- 10.1038/356494a0