Apoptosis, genomic integrity, and cancer

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Van Lancker Julien L., 1924-
Published: Jones and Bartlett Publishers,
Publisher Address: Sudbury, Mass.
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xviii, 422 p.: ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 0763745413 (alk. paper)
9780763745417 (alk. paper)
Index Number: Q25
CLC: Q25-05
R730.23
R353
Call Number: R363/V259
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Morphology and occurrence of apoptosis -- Recognition and disposal of the apoptotic bodies -- Agents that trigger apoptosis -- Genes and gene products in apoptosis of C. elegans -- The Bc1-2 family -- Interleukin 1-B [beta] Converting enzyme (ICE) and caspases -- The cytochrome c-Dependent pathway to apoptosis -- Inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs) -- The p53 Gene -- Integrity of the genome and programmed cell death -- Enzymes potentially involved in P53 activation -- P53 and the cell cycle -- Cell cycle checkpoints -- Cell cycle arrest -- P53 transactivation of GADD45 and MDM2 -- The P53 family and apoptosis -- Tumor transorming growth factors and cancer -- Protein tyrosine kinase receptors and cancer -- The oncogenic GTPases -- Non-receptor protein kinases and cancer -- The PiK3/AKT pathway cancer and apoptosis -- Transcription factors and cancer -- Cancer and genomic instability -- Cancer and genomic instability: mismatch repair and cancer -- Role of Fanconi anemia, breast cancer, and bloom syndrome genes in oncogenesis -- Cancer and apoptosis.