Apoptosis

Content: 
Contributors
Pages xi-xiv

Preface
Pages xv-xvi
Lawrence M. Schwartz, Jonathan D. Ashwell

Chapter 1 Isolation and assay of caspases Review Article
Pages 1-27
Srinivasa M. Srinivasula, Ayman Saleh, Manzoor Ahmad, Teresa Fernandes-Alnemri, Emad S. Alnemri

Chapter 2 Cloning and analysis of Bcl-2 family genes Review Article
Pages 29-47
Enrique Cepero, Bryan W. Johnson, Lawrence H. Boise

Chapter 3 Flow cytometric analysis of cell shrinkage and monovalent ions during apoptosis Review Article
Pages 49-67
Carl D. Bortner, John A. Cidlowski

Chapter 4 Use of flow and laser-scanning cytometry in analysis of cell death Review Article
Pages 69-109
Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz, Xun Li, Elzbieta Bedner

Chapter 5 Analysis of protein transglutamylation in apoptosis Review Article
Pages 111-133
Zoltán Nemes, András Mádi, Lyuben N. Marekov, Mauro Piacentini, Peter M. Steinert, László Fésüs

Chapter 6 Analysis of sphingomyelin and ceramide levels and the enzymes regulating their metabolism in response to cell stress Review Article
Pages 135-165
Rick T. Dobrowsky, Richard N. Kolesnick

Chapter 7 Cell-free systems to study apoptosis Review Article
Pages 167-185
Howard O. Fearnhead

Chapter 8 Role of c-jun N-terminal kinase in apoptosis Review Article
Pages 187-195
Zheng-gang Liu, Joseph Lewis, Tzu-Hao Wang, Amy Cook

Chapter 9 Methods for studying pro- and antiapoptotic genes in nonimmortal cells Review Article
Pages 197-227
Mila E. McCurrach, Scott W. Lowe

Chapter 10 Calcium flux measurements in apoptosis Review Article
Pages 229-246
David J. McConkey, Leta K. Nutt

Chapter 11 Proteinase families and their inhibitors Review Article
Pages 247-287
Donald L. Mykles

Chapter 12 Identification and analysis of caspase substrates: Proteolytic Cleavage of poly(ADP-rib ose)polymerase and DNA fragmentation factor 45 Review Article
Pages 289-306
Claudia Boucher, Stéphane Gobeil, Kumiko Samejima, William C. Earnshaw, Guy G. Poirier

Chapter 13 Analysis of reactive oxygen species in cell death Review Article
Pages 307-319
Ivan Stamenkovic

Chapter 14 Methods for studying apoptosis and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells in Drosophila tissues and cell lines Review Article
Pages 321-338
Kristin White, Simonetta Lisi, Phani Kurada, Nathalie Franc, Peter Bangs

Chapter 15 Phosphatidylserine exposure and phagocytosis of apoptotic cells Review Article
Pages 339-364
Patrick Williamson, Stefan van den Eijnde, Robert A. Schlegel

Chapter 16 The (Holey) study of mitochondria in apoptosis Review Article
Pages 365-391
Nigel J. Waterhouse, Joshua C. Goldstein, Ruth M. Muck, Don D. Newmeyer, Douglas R. Green

Chapter 17 In situ detection of dying cells in normal and pathological tissues Review Article
Pages 393-415
Christos Valavanis, Stephen Naber, Lawrence M. Schwartz

Chapter 18 Model cell lines for the study of apoptosis in vitro Review Article
Pages 417-436
Christos Valavanis, Yanhui Hu, Yili Yang, Barbara A. Osborne, Salem Chouaib, Lloyd Greene, Jonathan D. Ashwell, Lawrence M. Schwartz

Chapter 19 Programmed cell death assays for plants Review Article
Pages 437-451
Alan M. Jones, Silvia Coimbra, Angelika Fath, Mariana Sottomayor, Howard Thomas

Chapter 20 Studies of apoptosis proteins in yeast Review Article
Pages 453-468
Hong Zhang, John C. Reed

Chapter 21 Methods to study cell death in Dictyostelium discoideum Review Article
Pages 469-497
Jean-Pierre Levraud, Myriam Ada, Sophie Cornillon, Pierre Golstein

Chapter 22 Methods of study of tumor necrosis factor-related ligands in apoptosis Review Article
Pages 499-526
Isabelle A. Rooney, Chris A. Benedict, Paula S. Norris, Carl F. Ware

Index
Pages 527-545

Volumes in series
Pages 547-553