Drosophila grim induces apoptosis in mammalian cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 7199-7208

  Clavería, Cristina ^a   Albar, Juan Pablo ^a   Serrano, Antonio ^a   Buesa, José María ^a   Barbero, José Luis ^a   Martínez A, Carlos ^a   Torres, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Grim; Mitochondria; Mouse

Indexed keywords

BLEB; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3T3 CELLS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INSECT PROTEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032534826     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.24.7199     Document Type: Article

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