Apoptosis: Unmasking the executioner

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 646-652

  Wilson, Mark R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caspases; Cytochrome c; Mitochondria; Permeability transition

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031817144     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400394     Document Type: Review

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