The biochemistry of programmed cell death

FASEB Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 13, 1995, Pages 1277-1287

  Kroemer, Guido ^a,b   Petit, Patrice ^a   Zamzami, Naoufal ^a   Vayssière, Jean Luc ^a   Mignotte, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CNRS UPR2420 ^*  (France)

Author keywords

apoptosis; effector phase; killer genes; mitotic catastrophe

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUCLEUS; ETIOLOGY; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0028847003     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.9.13.7557017     Document Type: Review

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