Bid-induced conformational change of Bax is responsible for mitochondrial cytochrome c release during apoptosis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 891-901

  Desagher, Solange ^a   Osen Sand, Astrid ^a   Nichols, Anthony ^a   Eskes, Robert ^a   Montessuit, Sylvie ^a   Lauper, Sandra ^a   Maundrell, Kinsey ^a   Antonsson, Bruno ^a   Martinou, Jean Claude ^a  

^a SERONO PHARMACEUTICAL RES INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bid; Cytochrome c; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DNA PRIMERS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033535350     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.5.891     Document Type: Article

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