The proto-oncogene Bcl-2 and its role in regulating apoptosis

Nature Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 614-620

  Kroemer, Guido ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CYTOTOXICITY; DIMERIZATION; DNA DEGRADATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTO ONCOGENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0030916669     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm0697-614     Document Type: Review

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