Bim: A novel member of the Bcl-2 family that promotes apoptosis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 384-395

  O'Connor, Liam ^a   Strasser, Andreas ^a   O'Reilly, Lorraine A ^a   Hausmann, George ^a   Adams, Jerry M ^a   Cory, Suzanne ^a   Huang, David C S ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; BH3; Bim; Protein protein interaction

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADENOVIRUS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTO ONCOGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 4;

EID: 0032518787     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.2.384     Document Type: Article

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