Conservation of the pro-apoptotic nuclease activity of endonuclease G in unicellular trypanosomatid parasites

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-109

  Gannavaram, Sreenivas ^a   Vedvyas, Chetan ^a   Debrabant, Alain ^a  

^a CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptotic Nucleases; DNA fragmentation; Endonuclease G; Programmed cell death; Trypanosomatid parasites

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; ENDONUCLEASE G; OXIDIZING AGENT;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; METAZOON; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRYPANOSOMA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGES; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDANTS; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATINA;

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE;

EID: 39449083014     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.014050     Document Type: Article

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