A Critical role for Bim in retinal ganglion cell death

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 922-930

  McKernan, Declan P ^a   Cotter, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Axotomy; BH3 only; Bim; Retinal explants; Retinal ganglion cells

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; BIM PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BIK; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN PUMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXPLANT; GENE DELETION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA GANGLION CELL; TIME; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; AXOTOMY; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ONCOGENE PROTEIN V-AKT; OPTIC NERVE INJURIES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; UP-REGULATION;

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EID: 34447302293     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2007.04573.x     Document Type: Article

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