tRNA and cytochrome c in cell death and beyond

Cell Cycle

Volumn 9, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3008-3011

  Mei, Yide ^a   Yong, Jeongsik ^b   Stonestrom, Aaron ^a   Yang, Xiaolu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cancer; Caspase; Cytochrome c; Mitochondria; Protein synthesis; tRNA

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; NUCLEAR RNA; RANPIRNASE; TRANSFER RNA;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; RNA TRANSPORT;

EID: 77956837954     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.15.12316     Document Type: Review

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