Impaired mitochondrial function protects against free radical-mediated cell death

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1209-1220

  Davermann, Darlene ^a   Martinez, Marcia ^a   McKoy, Judith ^a   Patel, Nima ^a   Averbeck, Dietrich ^b   Wood Moore, Carol ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; BLM5; Free radicals; Mitochondrial damage; Oxidative; Petite; Phleomycin; RAD52; Reactive oxygen species; ROS; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; FREE RADICAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXYGEN RADICAL; PHLEOMYCIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL RESPIRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE RESPONSE; EUKARYOTE; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS MUTANT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LETHALITY; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SURVIVAL; WILD TYPE;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FREE RADICALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHLEOMYCINS; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036829476     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(02)00984-X     Document Type: Article

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