DRP-1-mediated mitochondrial fragmentation during EGL-1-induced cell death in C. elegans

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7027, 2005, Pages 754-760

  Jagasia, Ravi ^a,b,c   Grote, Phillip ^c   Westermann, Benedikt ^b,d   Conradt, Barbara ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOLOGY; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEINS;

CELL DEATH; CYTOCHROME C; MITOCHONDRIAL FRAGMENTATION;

CELLS;

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BH3 PROTEIN; BH3 PROTEIN EGL 1; CYTOCHROME C; DYNAMIN; DYNAMIN RELATED PROTEIN 1; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE; CED 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; DEATH ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1; DEATH-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN KINASE-RELATED PROTEIN 1; EGL 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; EGL-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 13944278072     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03316     Document Type: Article

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