Importance of the Bcl-2 family in cell death regulation

Experientia

Volumn 52, Issue 10-11, 1996, Pages 1008-1017

  McDonnell, T J ^a   Beham, A ^a   Sarkiss, M ^a   Andersen, M M ^a   Lo, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Bcl x; Cell death

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029961421     PISSN: 00144754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01920110     Document Type: Review

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