Mitochondrial cytochrome c release in apoptosis occurs upstream of DEVD-specific caspase activation and independently of mitochondrial transmembrane depolarization

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-49

  Bossy Wetzel, Ella ^a   Newmeyer, Donald D ^a   Green, Douglas R ^a  

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

Author keywords

(m); Apoptosis; Caspases; Cytochrome c; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; MEMBRANE ENZYME; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAUROSPORINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMINO ACID CHLOROMETHYL KETONES; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOSOL; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; OLIGOPEPTIDES; STAUROSPORINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032472329     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.1.37     Document Type: Article

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