p53 is involved in but not required for ionizing radiation-induced caspase-3 activation and apoptosis in human lymphoblast cell lines

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 4277-4281

  Yu, Yongjia ^a   Little, John B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME REGULATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LYMPHOBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GAMMA RAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0032190057     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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