Mitochondria as the central control point of apoptosis

Trends in Cell Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 369-377

  Desagher, Solange ^a   Martinou, Jean Claude ^b  

^a CCIPE   (France)

^b SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0034284637     PISSN: 09628924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-8924(00)01803-1     Document Type: Review

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