Regulation of nuclear envelope permeability in cell death and survival

Nucleus (United States)

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 540-551

  Strasser, Christine ^a   Grote, Patricia ^a   Schäuble, Karin ^a   Ganz, Magdalena ^a   Ferrando May, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Calcium; Calpains; Caspases; Confocal microscopy; Nuclear pore complex; Nup153; Staurosporine

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CALPAIN; CASPASE; NUCLEOPORIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; STAUROSPORINE; THAPSIGARGIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND; CALCIUM; NUP153 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DRUG EFFECT; HELA CELL; METABOLISM; TUMOR CELL LINE;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; APOPTOSIS; CALCIUM; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; NUCLEAR PORE COMPLEX PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STAUROSPORINE; TNF-RELATED APOPTOSIS-INDUCING LIGAND;

EID: 84872435565     PISSN: 19491034     EISSN: 19491042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/nucl.21982     Document Type: Article

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