Cell death proteins: An evolutionary role in cellular adaptation before the advent of apoptosis

BioEssays

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 974-983

  Dick, Sarah A ^a,b   Megeney, Lynn A ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase; Differentiation; Metacaspase; Multicellularity; Non death

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSOME; CASPASE 10; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 8; CASPASE 9; CELL DEATH PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; INITIATOR CASPASE; MITOCHONDRIAL PERMEABILITY TRANSITION PORE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACANTHAMOEBA CASTELLANII; ADIPOCYTE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR ADAPTATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DISEASE COURSE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; G1 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

MAMMALIA; METAZOA; NEMATODA;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE; DIFFERENTIATION; METACASPASE; MULTICELLULARITY; NON-DEATH;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CASPASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84885370080     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201300052     Document Type: Article

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