Over-expression of pemt2 into rat hepatoma cells contributes to the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway

IUBMB Life

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 846-852

  Li, Yali ^a   Zou, Wei ^b   Yan, Qiu ^a   Xu, Yuefei ^a   Xia, Quan ^a   Tsui, Zhaochun ^a   Ma, Keli ^a  

^a DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LIAONING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Cytochrome C; Mitochondria; Phosphatidylcholine (PC); Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE); Phosphatidylethanolamine N methyltransferase 2 (PEMT2)

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE METHYLTRANSFERASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEPATOMA CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CYTOCHROMES C; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINES; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; RATS;

EID: 70350717096     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.222     Document Type: Article

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