Biology 105
Eukaryotic Cell Biology

October 19, 2006 Apoptosis

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Required Reading:

Textbook: Alberts et al (2002) Molecular Biology of the Cell pp. 1011-1025.

Newmeyer, Farschon, & Reed (1994) Cell-free apoptosis in Xenopus egg extracts: Inhibition by Bcl-2 and requirement for an organelle fraction enriched in mitochondria. Cell 79: 353-364.

Lauber et al (2003) Apoptotic Cells Induce Migration of Phagocytes via Caspase-3-Mediated Release of a Lipid Attraction Signal. Cell 113: 717-730.

Li et al (2003) Phosphatidylserine Receptor Is Required for Clearance of Apoptotic Cells Science 302: 1560-1563.

Adrain & Martin (2006) Double Knockout Blow for Caspases. Science 311: 785-786.