Interaction and regulation of subcellular localization of CED-4 by CED- 9

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5303, 1997, Pages 1126-1129

  Wu, Dayang ^a   Wallen, Herschel D ^a   Nuñez, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL LINE; CYTOSOL; GENES, HELMINTH; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TRANSFECTION;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031020227     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5303.1126     Document Type: Article

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32. We thank R. Horvitz for plasmids and R. Barstead for the two-hybrid C. elegans cDNA library; C. Edwards and B. Donohoe for expert advice in confocal microscopy; M. Clarke and R. Ellis for stimulating discussions; and M. Benedict, P. Simonian, D. Ekhterae, M. González-García, Y. Hu, and N. Inohara for critical review of the manuscript. Supported in part by NIH grant CA-64556, Immunopathology NIH predoctoral training grant T32A107413-03 (H.D.W.), and an NIH Research Career Development Award (G.N.).