Characterization of the c-Jun N-terminal kinase-BimEL signaling pathway in neuronal apoptosis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 8762-8770

  Becker, Esther B E ^a   Howell, Jenny ^b   Kodama, Yuki ^a   Barker, Philip A ^b   Bonni, Azad ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BH3 only; Neuron; p75 neurotrophin receptor; Protein kinase; Signal transduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN BIM EL; PROTEIN P75; SERINE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PC12 CELLS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RECEPTOR, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SERINE;

EID: 5444234359     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2953-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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