Induction and alternative splicing of the Bax gene mediated by p53 in a transformed endothelial cell line

Apoptosis

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-114

  Maxwell, S A ^a,b   Acosta, S A ^a   Davis, G E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Laboratory Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Bax; Cell type specific; p53; Reverse transcription PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN P53;

ADENOVIRUS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL VEIN; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0032813220     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009618811038     Document Type: Article

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