Re: Apoptosis

From: Artur Plett (plett@auhs.edu)
Date: Fri Feb 19 1999 - 18:37:18 EST


I'm interested in the first question as well, as for the pronunciation,
one of my advisors, Peter Katsikis (i.e.:greek) said the second 'p' was
definitely pronounced :)

Artur Plett

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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