title: Does prothymosin-alpha act as molecular switch between apoptosis and autophagy?
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 00173 Rome, Italy. mauro.piacentin@uniroma2.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Piacentini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Evangelisti
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Mastroberardino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nardacci
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kroemer
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001343:Autophagy; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism; D016923:Cell Death; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013947:Thymosin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011498:Protein Precursors; C040782:prothymosin alpha; D013947:Thymosin; D020169:Caspases