Apoptosis in the developing visual system

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 301, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-69

  Cellerino, Alessandro ^a   Bähr, Mathias ^b   Isenmann, Stefan ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bax; Bcl 2; Caspase; Neuroprotection; Neurotrophin; Retinal ganglion cells; Secondary degeneration; Topography

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HAMSTER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; REVIEW; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0033942160     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000178     Document Type: Review

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