Induction of apoptosis by the transcription factor c-Jun

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1695-1709

  Bossy Wetzel, Ella ^a,b   Bakiri, Latifa ^a   Yaniv, Moshe ^a  

^a Institut Pasteur   (France)

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

Author keywords

AP 1; Apoptosis; bcl 2; c jun; CED 3 related cysteine proteases; ICE

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FODRIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SERUM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DNA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030998713     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.7.1695     Document Type: Article

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