Bacterial cell death induced by human pro-apoptotic Bax is blocked by an RNase E mutant that functions in an anti-oxidant pathway

Genes to Cells

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 155-167

  Nanbu Wakao, Rika ^a,b   Asoh, Sadamitsu ^a   Nishimaki, Kiyomi ^a   Tanaka, Rie ^a   Ohta, Shigeo ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b Helix Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; PARAQUAT; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; RIBONUCLEASE; RIBONUCLEASE E; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSPOSON;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034007147     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2000.00316.x     Document Type: Article

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