Induction of germline apoptosis by cobalt and relevant signal transduction pathways in Caenorhabditis elegans

Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 541-546

  Chong, Ren ^a   Ke Zhou, Cai ^a   Zeng Liang, Yu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cobalt; Signal pathway

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; COBALT CHLORIDE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; PROTEIN P53; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CEP 1 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EGL 1 GENE; EXPOSURE; GERM LINE; HUS 1 GENE; JKK 1 GENE; JNK 1 GENE; KNOCKOUT GENE; LIN 45 GENE; MEK 1 GENE; MEK 2 GENE; MKK 4 GENE; NONHUMAN; NSY 1 GENE; PMK 1 GENE; PMK 3 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEK 1 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COBALT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GERM CELLS; MAP KINASE KINASE 4; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUTAGENS; NICKEL; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOXICITY TESTS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 74549156319     PISSN: 15376516     EISSN: 15376524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15376510903350363     Document Type: Article

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