Does the redox status of cytochrome C act as a fail-safe mechanism in the regulation of programmed cell death?

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 697-703

  Hancock, John T ^a   Desikan, Radhika ^a   Neill, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytochrome c; Free radicals; Hydrogen peroxide; Programmed cell death; Redox state

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME STRUCTURE; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MITOCHONDRIA; NADPH OXIDASE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 0035451525     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(01)00646-3     Document Type: Article

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