Bcl-x(L) does not inhibit the function of Apaf-1

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 402-407

  Newmeyer, D D ^a   Bossy Wetzel, E ^a   Kluck, R M ^a   Wolf, B B ^a   Beere, H M ^a   Green, D R ^a  

^a LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apaf 1; Apoptosome; Bcl 2; Bcl x(L); Caspases

Indexed keywords

APAF 1; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIBODY; APAF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BCL XL PROTEIN, XENOPUS; BCL-XL PROTEIN, XENOPUS; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; EPITOPE; PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; XENOPUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; KINETICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 0033625212     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400665     Document Type: Article

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