Glutathione peroxidase 4 (Gpx4) and ferroptosis: what's so special about it?

Molecular and Cellular Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Conrad, Marcus ^a   Friedmann Angeli, José Pedro ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

cell death; lipid peroxidation; non apoptotic cell death; regulated necrosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042679104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23723556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/23723556.2014.995047     Document Type: Article

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