The proteins and the mechanisms of apoptosis: A mini-review of the fundamentals

Hippokratia

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 108-113

  Papaliagkas, V ^a   Anogianaki, A ^a   Anogianakis, G ^a   Ilonidis, G ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Protein

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CASPASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEURONAL THREAD PROTEIN AD7C; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DEGRADATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 34547206149     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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