Erratum: In
the article "Death in the Balance: Alternative Participation of the
Caspase-2 and -9 Pathways in Neuronal Death Induced by Nerve Growth Factor
Deprivation," by Carol M. Troy, Sylvia A. Rabacchi, Justin B. Hohl, James
M. Angelastro, Lloyd A. Greene, and Michael L. Shelanski, which appeared on
pages 5007-5016 of the July 15, 2001 issue, a printer's error introduced an
incorrect definition for "DIABLO/Smac" in the abstract. The fifth sentence
of the abstract should read "The mechanism underlying the shift is the
result of a threefold compensatory elevation of caspase-9 expression and a
doubling of levels of direct IAP binding protein with low pI (DIABLO)/second
mitochondria-derived activator of caspase (Smac), an IAP inhibitor, both at the
mRNA and protein levels." Also, the sixteenth sentence of the introduction
should read "Recent work has revealed a mammalian inhibitor of IAPs,
direct IAP binding protein with low pI (DIABLO)/second mitochondria-derived
activator of caspase (Smac), that inhibits the IAPs and thus promotes caspase-9,
-3, and -7 activities (Du et al., 2000; Verhagen et al., 2000)." The file has been altered accordingly.