A cytofluorometric assay of nuclear apoptosis induced in a cell-free system: Application to ceramide-induced apoptosis

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 397-403

  Susin, Santos A ^a   Zamzami, Naoufal ^a   Larochette, Nathanael ^a   Dallaporta, Bruno ^a   Marzo, Isabel ^a   Brenner, Catherine ^a   Hirsch, Tamara ^a   Petit, Patrice X ^a   Geuskens, Maurice ^b   Kroemer, Guido ^a,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Cell free system; Ceramide; Mitochondria; Permeability transition; Proteases

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031281283     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3733     Document Type: Article

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