Placement of the BCL2 family member BAX in the death pathway of sympathetic neurons activated by trophic factor deprivation

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 150-162

  Deckwerth, Thomas L ^a,b   Easton, Rachael M ^b   Knudson, C Michael ^b,c   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^b,c   Johnson Jr , Eugene M ^b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; BAX; BCL2; Caspase; Gene expression; Neuronal cell death; Neuronal metabolism; Trophic factor dependence

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; ONCOGENE C JUN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

EID: 0031845159     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1998.6846     Document Type: Article

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