The C. elegans Protein EGL-1 is required for programmed cell death and interacts with the Bcl-2-like protein CED-9

Cell

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 519-529

  Conradt, Barbara ^a   Horvitz, H Robert ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN BIK; PROTEIN CED 9; PROTEIN EGL 1; PROTEIN HARAKIRI; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPISTASIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032524885     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81182-4     Document Type: Article

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