Apoptosis: An Overview

Indian Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-72

  Anjum, Rana ^a   Khar, Ashok ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Mitochondria; Programmed cell death mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOLYSIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; DEGRADATION; DEREGULATION; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME RELEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW;

EID: 0142028109     PISSN: 09725849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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