Acetylcholinesterase involvement in apoptosis

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APRIL, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Xue Jun ^a   Greenberg, David S ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Apoptosis; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CASPASE 9; POLY(ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSE);

APOPTOSIS; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER INHIBITION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE SILENCING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 84864088418     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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