Mechanisms of apoptosis avoidance in cancer

Current Opinion in Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 68-75

  Reed, John C ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

APOPTOSIS; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIOCHEMISTRY; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TUMOR CELL;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

EID: 0033026714     PISSN: 10408746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001622-199901000-00014     Document Type: Review

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