Identification of an alternative form of caspase-9 in human gastric cancer cell lines: A role of a caspase-9 variant in apoptosis resistance

Apoptosis

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 321-325

  Izawa, M ^a   Mori, T ^a   Satoh, T ^a   Teramachi, K ^a   Sairenji, T ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis resistance; Caspase 9 variant; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

CASPASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032734896     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009639103291     Document Type: Article

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