The Drosophila caspases Strica and Dronc function redundantly in programmed cell death during oogenesis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1508-1517

  Baum, J S ^a,b   Arama, E ^c   Steller, H ^c   McCall, K ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE DCP 1; CASPASE DRICE; CASPASE DRONC; CASPASE INHIBITOR; CASPASE STRICA; DEATH CASPASE 1; DROSOPHILA ICE CASPASE; DROSOPHILA NEDD 2 LIKE CASPASE; ENZYME; SERINE THREONINE RICH CASPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CASPASES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION; OOGENESIS;

EID: 34447628492     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402155     Document Type: Article

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