Is it true that the term "apoptosis" is derived from the Greek root "ptosis" (silent p, I believe) with the prefix "apo"? bambam <bmalon01@fiu.edu> on 02/19/99 07:55:55 AM To: cyto-inbox cc: (bcc: Florence Harrod/SDCA/BDX) Subject: Re: Apoptosis Hi Rick, if your from the classical Greek the second p is not pronounced. Modern Greek pronounce the second p. Some folks get quite perturbed if you pronounce the second p. It's your choice. Thymocytes can be induced into apoptosis. C. elegans (the parasitic roundworm) was the first critter that researchers documented "programmed cell death" (some would say apoptosis) occuring during its develepmental stages. However, developmental biologists documented this event occuring during the developmental stages years ago. They just didn't call it apoptosis at the time. Kerr tagged the term back in 1970s. However, people just use the terms "programmed cell death" and "apoptosis" simultaneously, which is incorrect. "Programmed cell death" is totally genetically controlled, while "apoptosis" is not. Hope this helps. Barb On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Richard Meister wrote: > > Hello, everyone: > > I have two questions re: apoptosis that came up during a recent consult on > the subject. > > 1. What is the best positive control to use; i.e., an easy-to-grow cell > line that can be reliably and predictably induced into apoptosis? (I seem > to recall a thread on this question some time ago, but I couldn't find it > in the archives.) > > 2. How should one pronounce "apoptosis"? When I first heard the term > (probably 10 years ago), the second "p" was silent (A-pO-tO-sis). Since > then, I have increasingly heard the second "p" pronounced (A-pop-tO-sis). > And, I can't find the word in a dictionary. > > Thanks in advance, > Rick Meister >
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