BCL-2, a novel regulator of apoptosis

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-17

  Park, Julie R ^a   Hockenbery, David M ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

antioxidants; apoptosis; bcl 2 gene; localization; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GROWTH REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROSOME MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, REGULATOR; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030028539     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19960101)60:1<12::AID-JCB3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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