The core apoptotic executioner proteins CED-3 and CED-4 promote initiation of neuronal regeneration in caenorhabditis elegans

PLoS Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Pinan Lucarre, Berangere ^a,f   Gabel, Christopher V ^b,e   Reina, Christopher P ^a   Hulme, S Elizabeth ^c   Shevkoplyas, Sergey S ^d   Slone, R Daniel ^a   Xue, Jian ^a   Qiao, Yujie ^a   Weisberg, Sarah ^b   Roodhouse, Kevin ^e   Sun, Lin ^e   Whitesides, George M ^c   Samuel, Aravinthan ^b   Driscoll, Monica ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tulane University   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BH3 PROTEIN; CALCIUM; CALRETICULIN; CASPASE; CORE APOPTOTIC EXECUTIONER PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN CED 13; PROTEIN CED 3; PROTEIN CED 4; PROTEIN CED 9; PROTEIN CRT 1; PROTEIN DLK 1; PROTEIN EGL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; CED 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED 4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED 9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-4 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; CED-9 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DLK 1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; DLK-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CED 3 GENE; CELL DEATH; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMTOSECOND LASER; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; TIME LAPSE IMAGING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALRETICULIN; CASPASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MAP KINASE KINASE KINASES; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME-LAPSE IMAGING;

EID: 84861537887     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001331     Document Type: Article

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