The overexpression of Bcl-2 inhibits UVA-mediated immediate apoptosis in rat 6 fibroblasts: Evidence for the involvement of Bcl-2 as an antioxidant

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1405-1411

  Pourzand, Charareh ^a   Rossier, Gregoire ^b   Reelfs, Olivier ^b   Borner, Christoph ^c   Tyrrell, Rex Michael ^a  

^a University of Bath ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO ONCOGENE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTIOXIDANT; DNA FRAGMENT; HEME OXYGENASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BCL-2; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0030615325     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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