Clk-1 deficiency induces apoptosis associated with mitochondrial dysfunction in mouse embryos

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 291-298

  Takahashi, Mayumi ^a   Shimizu, Takahiko ^a   Moriizumi, Eiko ^a   Shirasawa, Takuji ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Clk 1; Coenzyme Q; Embryonic lethality; Mitochondria; Mouse embryo

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; PROTEIN CLK 1; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UBIDECARENONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA;

MUS;

EID: 41249094988     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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