The role of Apaf-1 in programmed cell death: From worm to tumor

Cell Structure and Function

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-9

  Yoshida, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apaf 1; Apoptosis; Caspase; Cytochrome c; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; PROTEIN P53; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037310069     PISSN: 03867196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1247/csf.28.3     Document Type: Review

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