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Cell death beyond worms, flies and humans: unusual model systems for cell death research

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JEP is funded by the United States National Science Foundation (IOB-0344578), GK is supported by a grant from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF; Y212-B13 START).

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  1. Department of Biology, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, 97207-0751, USA

    Jason E. Podrabsky

  2. Division of Developmental Immunology Biocenter, Innsbruck Medical University, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria

    Gerhard Krumschnabel

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Podrabsky, J.E., Krumschnabel, G. Cell death beyond worms, flies and humans: unusual model systems for cell death research. Apoptosis 15, 243–248 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-009-0450-7

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