Boo, a novel negative regulator of cell death, interacts with Apaf-1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 167-178

  Song, Qizhong ^a   Kuang, Yongping ^a   Dixit, Vishva M ^b   Vincenz, Claudius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apaf 1; Apoptosis; Boo; Caspase 9; Ovary

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0033521537     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.1.167     Document Type: Article

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