The mitochondrial death squad: Hardened killers or innocent bystanders?

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 626-630

  Ekert, Paul G ^a   Vaux, David L ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BETA INTERFERON; CASPASE 9; CYCLOPHILIN; CYCLOPHILIN D; CYTOCHROME C; FLAVOPROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HUMANIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; RETINOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOIKIS; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYTOCHROMES C; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 27544471076     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2005.09.001     Document Type: Review

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