Apoptosis inducing factor (AIF): A phylogenetically old, caspase-independent effector of cell death

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 516-524

  Lorenzo, Hans Kristian ^a   Susin, Santos A ^b   Penninger, Josef ^c   Kroemer, Guido ^b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Cytochrome c; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; FLAVINE ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUBACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; GENE LOCATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0033010612     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400527     Document Type: Review

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