Bcl-2 heterodimerizes in vivo with a conserved homolog, Bax, that accelerates programed cell death

Cell

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 609-619

  Oltval, Zoltán N ^a   Milliman, Curt L ^a   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MACROMOLECULAR SYSTEMS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027166048     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90509-O     Document Type: Article

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