ANT adenine nucleotide translocator
AO acridine orange
Apaf-1 apoptosis protease activating factor-1
Apo-I apoptosis antigen-I (also known as Fas and CD95, a member of the TNF
receptor family)
ATP adenosine triphosphate
Bad Bcl-X
L
/Bcl-2 associated death promoter, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2
family
Bak Bcl-2 antagonist/killer, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Bax Bcl-2 associated x protein, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2, anti-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Bcl-w anti-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Bcl-X
L
long form of Bcl-X, anti-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Bcl-X
S
short form of Bcl-X, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
BH1 Bcl-2 homolog domain 1
BH2 Bcl-2 homolog domain 2
BH3 Bcl-2 homolog domain 3
BH4 Bcl-2 homolog domain 4
BHK baby hamster kidney cell line
BHRF1 Epstein-Barr virus Bcl-2 homolog
Bid BH-3 interacting domain death agonist, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2
family
Bik Bcl-2 interacting killer, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Bim Bcl-2 interacting mediator of cell death, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2
family
BIR baculovirus IAP repeat
Bmf Bcl-2 modifying factor, pro-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
Boo Bcl-2 homolog of ovary, anti-apoptotic member of Bcl-2 family
CAD caspase-activated DNAse
CARD caspase recruitment domain
CDK cyclin dependent kinase
CHO Chinese hamster ovary cell line
CHOP C/EBP-homologous protein
cIAP1 cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 1
cIAP2 cellular inhibitor of apoptosis protein 2
c-jun cellular homolog of v-Jun avian sarcoma virus 17 oncogene
c-myc cellular homolog of the oncogene v-myc of avian myelocytomatosis virus
strain 29
CO
2
carbon dioxide
COS simian fibroblasts (CV-1 cells) transformed by SV40, deficient in the
origin of replication region
CrmA cytokine response modifier A
DAPI 49,69-diamidino-2-phenylindole (a fluorescent dye)
dATP deoxy-adenosine triphosphate
DD death domain
DED death effector domain
DFF40 DNA fragmentation factor of 40 kDa
DIABLO direct inhibition of apoptosis protein IAP binding protein with low pI
DISC death inducing signaling complex
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
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