Biochemical and genetic analysis of the mitochondrial response of yeast to BAX and BCL-X(L)

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3125-3136

  Gross, Atan ^a,c   Pilcher, Kirsten ^b   Blachly Dyson, Elizabeth ^b   Basso, Emy ^b   Jockel, Jennifer ^a   Bassik, Michael C ^a   Korsmeyer, Stanley J ^a   Forte, Michael ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHILIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIVISION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALACTOSE; GENES, FUNGAL; GLUCOSE; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TIME FACTORS; YEASTS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 0033993820     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.9.3125-3136.2000     Document Type: Article

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