Role of Bcl-2 family members in invertebrates

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1644, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Igaki, Tatsushi ^a,b   Miura, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell death; Drosophila; Mitochondrion

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BH3 PROTEIN; CASPASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN CED 3; PROTEIN CED 4; PROTEIN CED 9; PROTEIN DROB 1; PROTEIN EGL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; MITOCHONDRION; MOSQUITO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VERTEBRATE; WORM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; INVERTEBRATES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1442310961     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2003.09.007     Document Type: Review

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