Apoptosis-inducing factor (AIF): Key to the conserved caspase-independent pathways of cell death?

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 115, Issue 24, 2002, Pages 4727-4734

  Candé, Céline ^a   Cecconi, Francesco ^b   Dessen, Philippe ^a   Kroemer, Guido ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Cell death

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FLAVOPROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; ELECTRICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; CASPASES; FLAVOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 12244268624     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00210     Document Type: Article

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