Biochemical and genetic interactions between Drosophila caspases and the proapoptotic genes rpr, hid, and grim

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2907-2914

  Song, Zhiwei ^a   Guan, Bo ^a   Bergman, Andreas ^a   Nicholson, Donald W ^b   Thornberry, Nancy A ^b   Peterson, Erin P ^b   Steller, Hermann ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MERCK FROSST CENTRE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CULTURE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RETINA; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PEPTIDES;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034029577     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.8.2907-2914.2000     Document Type: Article

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