Distinct stages of cytochrome c release from mitochondria: Evidence for a feedback amplification loop linking caspase activation to mitochondrial dysfunction in genotoxic stress induced apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-233

  Chen, Q ^a   Gong, B ^a   Almasan, A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Caspases; Cytochrome c; Ionizing radiation; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BCL 2; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

EID: 0034058683     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400629     Document Type: Article

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