Harakiri, a novel regulator of cell death, encodes a protein that activates apoptosis and interacts selectively with survival-promoting proteins Bcl-2 and Bcl-X(L)

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1686-1694

  Inohara, Naohiro ^a   Ding, Liyun ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Núñez, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Hrk; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EMBRYO; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-X PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO; GENE LIBRARY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0030970085     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.7.1686     Document Type: Article

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