title: The genetics of programmed cell death in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA.
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Horvitz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaham
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Hengartner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics*; D017173:Caenorhabditis elegans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics*; D020170:Caspase 1; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics; D018509:DNA, Helminth / Q000378:metabolism; D017238:Genes, Helminth; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D010587:Phagocytosis / Q000235:genetics; D010641:Phenotype; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes
chemical_list: D018509:DNA, Helminth; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D020170:Caspase 1