Bax promotes neuronal survival and antagonises the survival effects of neurotrophic factors

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 695-701

  Middleton, Gayle ^a   Nunez, Gabriel ^b   Davies, Alun M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Chick; Neurotrophic factor

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; KINETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPINAL GANGLION; TIME; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; KINETICS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029670682     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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