Miltefosine induces apoptosis-like cell death in yeast via Cox9p in cytochrome c oxidase

Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 476-485

  Zuo, Xiaoming ^a   Djordjevic, Julianne T ^a   Oei, Johanes Bijosono ^a   Desmarini, Desmarini ^a   Schibeci, Stephen D ^a   Jolliffe, Katrina A ^b   Sorrell, Tania C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MILTEFOSINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 80051967487     PISSN: 0026895X     EISSN: 15210111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mol.111.072322     Document Type: Article

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