Inactivation of the apoptosis effector Apaf-1 in malignant melanoma

Nature

Volumn 409, Issue 6817, 2001, Pages 207-211

  Soengas, María S ^a   Capodieci, Paola ^b   Polsky, David ^b   Mora, Jaume ^b   Esteller, Manel ^c   Opitz Araya, Ximena ^a   McCombie, Richard ^a   Herman, James G ^c   Gerald, William L ^b   Lazebnik, Yuri A ^a   Cordón Cardó, Carlos ^b   Lowe, Scott W ^a  

^a Watson School of Biological Sciences   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AZA 2' DEOXYCYTIDINE; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN P53;

ALLELISM; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RESISTANCE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 12; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOXORUBICIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, P53; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MELANOMA; MUTATION; PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035843169     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35051606     Document Type: Article

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