Altered cytochrome c display precedes apoptotic cell death in Drosophila

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 701-710

  Varkey, Johnson ^a   Chen, Po ^a   Jemmerson, Ronald ^b   Abrams, John M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytochrome c; Drosophila; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOSOL; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASES; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; INSECT PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES; TRANSFECTION;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 0033593791     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.4.701     Document Type: Article

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