The molecular cell death machinery in the simple cnidarian Hydra includes an expanded caspase family and pro- and anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 proteins

Cell Research

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 812-825

  Lasi, Margherita ^a   Pauly, Barbara ^a   Schmidt, Nikola ^a   Cikala, Mihai ^a   Stiening, Beate ^a   Käsbauer, Tina ^a   Zenner, Gerhardt ^a   Popp, Tanja ^a   Wagner, Anita ^a   Knapp, Regina T ^a   Huber, Andreas H ^a   Grunert, Michaela ^a   Söding, Johannes ^b   David, Charles N ^a   Böttger, Angelika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Gene Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bcl 2; BH3 only; caspase; Hydra

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METABOLISM; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECTS; HYDRA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CASPASES; HYDRA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BILATERIA; CAENORHABDITIS; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; HYDRA; MAMMALIA; METAZOA; PROTOSTOMIA;

EID: 77955717344     PISSN: 10010602     EISSN: 17487838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cr.2010.66     Document Type: Article

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