Dark is a Drosophila homologue of Apaf-1/CED-4 and functions in an evolutionarily conserved death pathway

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 272-279

  Rodriguez, Antony ^a   Oliver, Holt ^b   Zou, Hua ^b   Chen, Po ^a   Wang, Xiaodong ^b   Abrams, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; ARK PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CED 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; GENES, INSECT; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0033193863     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/12984     Document Type: Article

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