Signal transduction pathways in apoptosis

Stem Cells

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 619-631

  McConkey, David J ^a,c   Orrenius, Sten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apotosis; BCL 2; Calcium; cAMP; Ceramide; Cyclin dependent kinases; Endonuclease; PKC; Protease

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CERAMIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DEATH; CELL PH; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0029845577     PISSN: 10665099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/stem.140619     Document Type: Review

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