bfl-1, a bcl-2 homologue, suppresses p53-induced apoptosis and exhibits potent cooperative transforming activity

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3879-3882

  D'Sa Eipper, Cleta ^a   Subramanian, T ^a   Chinnadurai, G ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BFL 1; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOVIRUS E1B PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0029815941     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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