Functional dissection of the human Bcl2 protein: Sequence requirements for inhibition of apoptosis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 877-883

  Hunter, John J ^a   Bond, Barbara L ^a   Parslow, Tristram G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOID CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LINE; FIBROBLASTS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030047365     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.3.877     Document Type: Article

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