Bcl-2 and bax function independently to regulate cell death

Nature Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 358-363

  Knudson, C Michael ^a   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE; CRICETINAE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RABBITS;

EID: 0030861571     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0897-358     Document Type: Article

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