The mitochondrial permeability transition in cell death: a common mechanism in necrosis, apoptosis and autophagy

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics - Tập 1366 Số 1-2 - Trang 177-196 - 1998
John J. Lemasters1, A L Nieminen, Ting Qian, Lawrence C. Trost, Steven P. Elmore, Y Nishimura, Ruth A. Crowe, Wayne E. Cascio, Cynthia A. Bradham, David A. Brenner, B. Herman
1Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB No. 7090, 236 Taylor Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27799-7090, USA. [email protected]

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