Bcl-2 gene family in the nervous system

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue , 1997, Pages 245-257

  Merry, D E ^a   Korsmeyer, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bcl x; neurodegeneration; neuronal cell death

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH REGULATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE INJURY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GENES, BCL-2; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 0031057656     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.20.1.245     Document Type: Review

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