A link between cell cycle and cell death: Bax and Bcl-2 modulate Cdk2 activation during thymocyte apoptosis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 7209-7218

  Gil Gómez, Gabriel ^a   Berns, Anton ^a   Brady, Hugh J M ^b,c  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; Cdk2; Cell cycle

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE; CYCLIN E; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P27;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYMOCYTE;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CDC2-CDC28 KINASES; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR P27; CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; THYMUS GLAND; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032535140     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.24.7209     Document Type: Article

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