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Programmed Cell Death in Protozoa

By José Manuel Pérez Martín Ph.D. (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-387-76716-1, 978-0-387-76717-8
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-76717-8
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20921300 bytes)
Series
Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit
Edition
1
Pages
163\176
Time added
2013-10-20 05:25:02
Biomedicine general; Molecular Medicine

Description

Under the name of programmed cell death (PCD) are included diverse molecular mechanism of cell suicide which play an essential role in the development of multicellular organisms. The best known PCD mechanism in multicellular organisms is called apoptosis. However, recent studies indicate that PCD is also present in protozoa and unicellular eukaryotes. The eleven chapters of this book give the reader a comprehensive update of the progress in the understanding of the mechanisms of PCD in protozoa. The chapters have been written by experts in this field of research and are arranged following an evolutionary point of view starting with PCD in protists and ending with PCD in ciliated protozoa.

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