Apoptosis of tail muscle during amphibian metamorphosis involves a caspase 9-dependent mechanism

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 76-87

  Rowe, Isaline ^a   Le Blay, Karine ^a   Du Pasquier, David ^b   Palmier, Karima ^a   Levi, Giovanni ^a   Demeneix, Barbara ^a   Coen, Laurent ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b Université René Descartes   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosome; Caspase 9; Metamorphosis; Mitochondrial apoptotic pathway; Muscle cell death; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; CASPASE 9; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; METAMORPHOSIS; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TAIL; XENOPUS;

EID: 17444402148     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20312     Document Type: Article

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