title: Using the baculovirus/insect cell system to study apoptosis.
abstract: Apoptosis is a physiological program of cell suicide conserved in invertebrates and vertebrates. Apoptosis is crucial to the normal development of organisms and in tissue homeostasis, by promoting elimination of unwanted cells including damaged- or virus-infected cells. Because of the importance of programmed cell death for the survival of the organism a tight regulation is exerted at various activation levels of the cell-death machinery. The utilization of the baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus to identify genes that inhibit the apoptotic process will be described using a transfection-based approach, illustrated by identification of the p49 gene.
authors.affiliation: Entomology Department, Institute of Plant Protection, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.
authors.forename: Nor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chejanovsky
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D007313:Insecta / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D009036:Moths / Q000821:virology; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D017924:Nucleopolyhedroviruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011487:Protein Conformation; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D014162:Transfection; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D014764:Viral Proteins