Apaf1 and the apoptotic machinery

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1087-1098

  Cecconi, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bax; BcIX(L); Boo; CARD; Caspases; Cytochrome c

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE; ENZYME ACTIVATOR; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032761224     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400602     Document Type: Review

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