Bcl-2 and Bax mammalian regulators of apoptosis are functional in Drosophila

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 804-814

  Gaumer, S ^a   Guenal I ^a   Brun, S ^a   Theodore L ^b   Mignotte, B ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Caspase; Mitochondria; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; MAMMAL; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; X RAY;

EID: 0033824366     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400714     Document Type: Article

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