Bax and Bcl-xs are induced at the onset of apoptosis in involuting mammary epithelial cells

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 197-207

  Heermeier, Kathrin ^a   Benedict, Mary ^b   Li, Minglin ^c   Furth, Priscilla ^c   Nuñez, Gabriel ^b   Hennighausen, Lothar ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl xs; Mammary gland involution

Indexed keywords

BAX PROTEIN, MOUSE; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN P53;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTATION; MOUSE; PREGNANCY; RNA SPLICING; UDDER; WEANING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION; WEANING;

EID: 0029658983     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4773(96)88032-4     Document Type: Article

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