Apoptosis: Mechanisms and implications for cancer therapeutics

Targeted Oncology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 197-214

  Mita, Monica M ^a,b   Mita, Alain C ^a,b   Tolcher, Anthony W ^a,b  

^a CTRC Institute for Drug Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Caspases; Extrinsic pathway; IAPs; Intrinsic pathway; Survivin; TRAIL

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750090042     PISSN: 17762596     EISSN: 1776260X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11523-006-0034-1     Document Type: Review

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