Ribosome-inactivating protein and apoptosis: Abrin causes cell death via mitochondrial pathway in Jurkat cells

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 233-240

  Narayanan, Sriram ^a   Surolia, Avadhesha ^a   Karande, Anjali A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Abrin; Apoptosis; DNA fragmentation; Mitochondrial membrane potential; Protein synthesis inhibition; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITION;

APOPTOTIC PATHWAYS; CELL DEATH;

PROTEINS;

ABRIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 8;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ABRIN; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; KINETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; RIBOSOMES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 1642494590     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20030797     Document Type: Article

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