Apaf-1

Apoptosis protease activating factor 1

ARF

Alternate reading frame

ATM

Ataxia teleangiectasia mutated

bcl2

B cell lymphoma 2

bcl-xl

B cell lymphoma extra-long

BrdU

Bromodesoxyuridine

C9DN

Dominant-negative caspase 9

CDK4

Cyclin-dependent kinase 4

cDNA

complementary DNA

Chk

Check kinase

CHOP

Cyclophosphamid, Doxorubicin, Vincristin, Prednison

CTX

Cyclophosphamid

DNA

Desoxyribonucleic acid

GFP

Green-fluorescent protein

IAP

Inhibitor-of-apoptosis protein

IL-7

Interleukin-7

INK4

Inhibitor of CDK4

IRES

Internal ribosomal entry site

LOH

Loss of heterozygosity

MAP

Mitogen-activated protein (kinase)

MDR

Multi-drug resistance

MMLV

Mouse moloney leukemia virus

MSCV

Murine stem cell virus

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

PIG

p53-induced genes

PML

Promyelocytic leukemia

Rb

Retinoblastoma protein

RNA

Ribonucleic acid

SA-β-Gal

Senescence-associated β-galactosidase

Smac

Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase

TUNEL

Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase mediated dUTP nick end  labeling