WHEN THE 'REAPER' GENE COMES, CELL DEATH FOLLOWS, D OF U GENETICS RESEARCHERS PROVE

Title WHEN THE 'REAPER' GENE COMES, CELL DEATH FOLLOWS, D OF U GENETICS RESEARCHERS PROVE
Subject Academic Medical Centers; Hospitals, University; Public Relations; Communications Media; Mass Media; Social Marketing; Information Dissemination; News; Press Release
Description SALT LAKE CITY - In what may be the cellular equivalent of watching the Grim Reaper in action, University of Utah School of Medicine researchers have shown that two "death activator" genes are essential for cell death when Drosophila (fruit flies) metamorphose from larvae to adults. Death of obsolete larval tissue is critical in insect metamorphosis.
Publisher University of Utah Health Care Office of Public Affairs and Marketing
Date 2004-05-12
Language eng
Relation University of Utah Health Care Office of Public Affairs and Marketing Collection
Rights Management Copyright 2012
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Relation is Part of Press Releases; University of Utah Health Sciences Center News
Type Text
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Setname ehsl_pahsc
ID 935582
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s49mx0