Differences in Bcl-2- and Bax-independent function in regulating apoptosis in sensory neuron populations

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 819-827

  Middleton, Gayle ^a   Wyatt, Sean ^a   Cox, Andrew ^a   Korsmeyer, Stanley ^b   Davies, Alun M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Mouse; Neurotrophin

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GANGLION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-1; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEURONS, AFFERENT; NODOSE GANGLION; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TUBULIN;

EID: 0034024790     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00966.x     Document Type: Article

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