Role of Bcl-2 family proteins in a non-apoptopic programmed cell death dependent on autophagy genes

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1221-1228

  Shimizu, Shigeomi ^a,b   Kanaseki, Toku ^b   Mizushima, Noboru ^b,c   Mizuta, Takeshi ^a,b   Arakawa Kobayashi, Satoko ^b   Thompson, Craig B ^d   Tsujimoto, Yoshihide ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; 3 METHYLADENINE; APG5 PROTEIN; BECLIN 1 PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; ETOPOSIDE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; RESAZURIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; STAUROSPORINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WORTMANNIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; FIBROBLAST; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENINE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; ETOPOSIDE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LYSOSOMES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10344262564     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1192     Document Type: Article

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