Caspase-dependent and -independent lipotoxic cell-death pathways in fission yeast

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 121, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2671-2684

  Low, Choon Pei ^a   Shui, Guanghou ^a   Liew, Li Phing ^a   Buttner, Sabrina ^b   Madeo, Frank ^b   Dawes, Ian W ^c   Wenk, Markus R ^a   Yang, Hongyuan Rob ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Fission yeast; Lipotoxicity; Metacaspase; Mitochondria; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; CASPASE; DIACYLGLYCEROL; PROTEIN BZZ1; PROTEIN PCA1; PROTEIN PCK1; PROTEIN RAD9; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS GROWTH; GENE DISRUPTION; HOMEOSTASIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CERAMIDES; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOTOXINS; DIACYLGLYCEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; DIGLYCERIDES; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 52649086912     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.028977     Document Type: Article

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