Inhibiting the mitochondrial fission machinery does not prevent Bax/Bak-dependent apoptosis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 7397-7408

  Parone, Philippe A ^a   James, Dominic I ^a,c   Cruz, Sandrine Da ^a   Mattenberger, Yves ^a   Donzé, Olivier ^a,d   Barja, François ^a,b   Martinou, Jean Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b Département de Botanique et de Biologie Végétale   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Apotech Corporation   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN DRP1; PROTEIN HFIS1; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYTOCHROMES C; GTP PHOSPHOHYDROLASES; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS;

EID: 33749623421     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.02282-05     Document Type: Article

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