Bcl-xL is a negative regulator of caspase-3 activation in immature neurons during development

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-78

  Urase, Koko ^a   Momoi, Takashi ^a   Fujita, Eriko ^a   Isahara, Kyoko ^b   Uchiyama, Yasuo ^b   Tokunaga, Akinori ^c   Nakayama, Kei Ichi ^c   Motoyama, Noboru ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl x; Caspase 3; Ced 3; Ced 9; Neuronal development

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032773486     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(99)00076-0     Document Type: Article

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