Neuroprotective role of the reaper-related serine protease HtrA2/Omi revealed by targeted deletion in mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 9848-9862

  Martins, L Miguel ^a,c   Morrison, Alastair ^d   Klupsch, Kristina ^a   Fedele, Valentina ^c   Moisoi, Nicoleta ^c   Teismann, Peter ^f   Abuin, Alejandro ^d   Grau, Evelyn ^d   Geppert, Martin ^d   Livi, George P ^e   Creasy, Caretha L ^e   Martin, Alison ^a   Hargreaves, Iain ^b   Heales, Simon J ^b   Okada, Hitoshi ^g   Brandner, Sebastian ^b   Schulz, Jörg B ^f   Mak, Tak ^g   Downward, Julian ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC TOXICOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^e GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^g AMDI Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS INHIBITOR; BINDING PROTEIN; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MITOCHONDRION; BRAIN TISSUE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; HEART; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; SPLEEN; STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; X-LINKED INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INTRACISTERNAL A-PARTICLES; MAMMALIA; MELANOGASTER; PARKINSONIA;

EID: 7644230386     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.22.9848-9862.2004     Document Type: Article

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