BNIP3α: A human homolog of mitochondrial proapoptotic protein BNIP3

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 533-537

  Yasuda, Motoaki ^a   Han, Jia Wen ^b   Dionne, Cheryl A ^b   Boyd, Janice M ^a   Chinnadurai, G ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Apoptosis Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BNIP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BNIP3L PROTEIN, HUMAN; E1B PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL X; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL STRAIN COS1; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HAMSTER; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRUS E1B PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COS CELLS; CRICETINAE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 0033068143     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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