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Fungal apoptosis: function, genes and gene function

  1. Amir Sharon,
  2. Alin Finkelstein,
  3. Neta Shlezinger,
  4. Ido Hatam

Article first published online: 20 APR 2009

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00180.x

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FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volume 33, Issue 5, pages 833–854, September 2009

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Sharon, A., Finkelstein, A., Shlezinger, N. and Hatam, I. (2009), Fungal apoptosis: function, genes and gene function. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 33: 833–854. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00180.x

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  1. Department of Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

*Correspondence: Amir Sharon, Department of Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6406741; fax: +972 3 6405498; e-mail: amirsh@ex.tau.ac.il

  1. Editor: Martin Kupiec

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  1. Issue published online: 30 JUL 2009
  2. Article first published online: 20 APR 2009
  3. Received 3 December 2008; revised 10 February 2009; accepted 12 March 2009.Final version published online 20 April 2009.

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