Mitochondria as decision-makers in cell death

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 406-416

  Borutaite, Vilmante ^a  

^a KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytochrome c; Mitochondrial membrane; Necrosis; Permeability transition

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; APOPTOSOME; CARDIOLIPIN; CASPASE; CYANIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME C; DACTINOMYCIN; LIPID; MENADIONE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN MCL 1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; SANGLIFEHRIN A; SERINE PROTEINASE OMI; STAUROSPORINE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CYTOSOL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LIPID MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STROKE;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CYTOCHROMES C; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; PERMEABILITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 77953488144     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20564     Document Type: Review

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