Identification of factors that establish asymmetry and cell-death fate in the NSM lineage in Caenorhabditis elegans [Elektronische Ressource] / Julia Hatzold

Identification of Factors That Establish Asymmetry and Cell-death Fate in the NSM lineage in Caenorhabditis elegans Julia Hatzold München 2006 Identification of Factors That Establish Asymmetry and Cell-death Fate in the NSM lineage in Caenorhabditis elegans Dissertation an der Fakultät für Biologie der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München vorgelegt von Julia Hatzold aus München München, den 21. April 2006 Erstgutachter: Prof. Dr. Charles N. David Zweitgutachter: Prof. Dr. Stefan Jentsch Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 30. Mai 2006 Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents...........................................................................................................1 1 Abstract..................................................................................................................5 2 Introduction............................................................................................................6 2.1 C. elegans represents an excellent model organism for studying development and programmed cell death ..................................................................7 2.2 Cell death in C.elegans ..................................................................................7 2.3 The specification of cell death in the NSM sister cells..................................9 2.4 Thesis Aims..........................