Down-modulation of a novel Bax-associated protein during apoptosis in normal mature B lymphocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1176-1182

  He, Huiling ^a,b   Hershberger, Pamela A ^a   McCarthy, Susan A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032145324     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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