Ceramide triggers metacaspase-independent mitochondrial cell death in yeast

Cell Cycle

Volumn 10, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3973-3978

  Carmona Gutierrez, Didac ^a,b   Reisenbichler, Angela ^a   Heimbucher, Petra ^a   Bauer, Maria A ^a   Braun, Ralf J ^a,c   Ruckenstuhl, Christoph ^a,d   Büttner, Sabrina ^a   Eisenberg, Tobias ^a   Rockenfeller, Patrick ^a   Fröhlich, Kai Uwe ^a   Kroemer, Guido ^e,f,g   Madeo, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^f HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ceramide; Mitochondria; Necrosis; ROS; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERMENTATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; LETHALITY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 81855189575     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.22.18212     Document Type: Article

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