1st Edition

Apoptosis in Normal Development and Cancer

Edited By M Sluyser Copyright 1996

    In apoptosis in the mammalian system, cells have a finite life - they develop, are used and then die. Cancer cells escape this programmed routine but, from an understanding of apoptosis, they can be programmed to die. This book addresses the

    Apoptosis - a 20th-century scientific revolution, B.V. Harmon and D.J. Allan; the enzymology of apoptosis, F.M. Hughes and J.A. Cidlowski; molecular mechanisms of apoptosis, S. Tanuma; identification of genes associated with cell death, C.A. Lamb and J.J. Cohen; genes involved in apoptosis, N.J. McCarthy et al; the role of p53 in apoptosis, S.W. Lowe; Bcl-2 in apoptosis, J. Reed; molecular and genetic control of apoptosis in Drosophilia, J.M. Abrams; evolution of apoptosis, D.L. Vaux;

    Biography

    M Sluyser