The role of mitochondria in apoptosis

Annual Review of Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2009, Pages 95-118

  Wang, Chunxin ^a   Youle, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosome; Bax; Bcl 2; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cytochrome c; Drosophila

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INDUCING FACTOR; APOPTOSOME; CYTOCHROME C; ENDONUCLEASE G; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 73349091842     PISSN: 00664197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genet-102108-134850     Document Type: Review

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