The role of mitochondrial factors in apoptosis: A Russian roulette with more than one bullet

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1031-1042

  Van Loo, G ^a   Saelens, X ^a   Van Gurp, M ^a   MacFarlane, M ^b   Martin, S J ^c   Vandenabeele, P ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosome; Caspase; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; BINDING PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036792475     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401088     Document Type: Review

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