Features of programmed cell death in intact Xenopus oocytes and early embryos revealed by near-infrared fluorescence and real-time monitoring

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 170-179

  Johnson, C E ^a   Freel, C D ^a   Kornbluth, S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; caspase; cytochrome c

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; SECOND MITOCHONDRIAL ACTIVATOR OF CASPASE; EFFECTOR CASPASE; FLUORESCENT DYE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; IRDYE800; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; SMAC PROTEIN, XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; MEIOSIS; NEAR INFRARED FLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; XENOPUS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES, EFFECTOR; CYTOCHROMES C; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENT DYES; INDOLES; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OOCYTES; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 77449092311     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2009.120     Document Type: Article

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