BCL-2 family members and the mitochondria in apoptosis

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 1899-1911

  Gross, Atan ^a   McDonnell, James M ^b   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; FAS ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DIMERIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0033179760     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.15.1899     Document Type: Review

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