Apoptosis-regulating proteins as targets for drug discovery

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 314-319

  Reed, John C ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE INHIBITOR; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG TARGETING; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; DRUG DESIGN; GENES, INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLE; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; NUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0034953632     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(01)02026-3     Document Type: Review

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