Inhibition of ceramide-induced apoptosis by Bcl-2

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 253-257

  Martin, Seamus J ^a   Takayama, Shinichi ^b   McGahon, Anne J ^a   Miyashita, Toshiyuki ^b   Corbeil, Jacques ^c   Kolesnick, Richard N ^d   Reed, John C ^b   Green, Douglas R ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Ceramide; T cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 0028851406     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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