Tissue-specific Bcl-2 protein partners in apoptosis: An ovarian paradigm

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 593-614

  Hsu, Sheau Yu ^a   Hsueh, Aaron J W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CASPASE; CELL PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTEIN 14 3 3; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BOK; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN P11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME RELEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0000907666     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.2.593     Document Type: Review

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