AtBl-1, a plant homologue of Bax Inhibitor-1, suppresses Bax-induced cell death in yeast and is rapidly upregulated during wounding and pathogen challenge

Plant Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 393-399

  Sanchez, Pedro ^a   De Torres Zabala, Marta ^a   Grant, Murray ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BAX INHIBITOR 1; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; LETHAL MUTANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; WOUND; YEAST;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATBI 1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ATBI-1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; TEGT PROTEIN, HUMAN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL DEATH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PSEUDOMONAS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033624849     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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