Teratogen-induced activation of caspase-9 and the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in early postimplantation mouse embryos

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 142-151

  Little, Sally A ^a   Mirkes, Philip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Caspase 9; Cyclophosphamide; Day 9 mouse embryos; Hyperthermia; In vitro whole embryo culture; Staurosporine

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROPEROXYCYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; STAUROSPORINE; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HYPERTHERMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TERATOGENICITY;

EID: 0036607113     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.2002.9414     Document Type: Article

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