Biochemistry of apoptotic cell death

Acta Pharmaceutica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-164

  Barišić, Karmela ^a   Petrik, Jozsef ^a   Rumora, Lada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosis inducing factors (AIF); Bcl 2 family; Caspases; Heat shock proteins (Hsps); Inhibitors of apoptosis (IAP); Mitogen activated protein kinases (MAPKs)

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1Q; CYTOCHROME C; DNA FRAGMENT; FAS ANTIGEN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GELSOLIN; GRANZYME B; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL W; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN MCL 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHO FACTOR; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; VOLTAGE GATED CHANNEL FORMING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CANCER; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEOSOME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPERFUSION INJURY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0142214549     PISSN: 13300075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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