Pro-apoptotic apoptosis protease-activating factor 1 (Apaf-1) has a cytoplasmic localization distinct from Bcl-2 or Bcl-x(L)

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 623-633

  Hausmann, George ^a   O'Reilly, Lorraine A ^a   Van Driel, Rosemary ^b   Beaumont, Jennifer G ^a   Strasser, Andreas ^a   Adams, Jerry M ^a   Huang, David C S ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Caspases; Cell death; Mitochondria; Subcellular localization

Indexed keywords

APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING KINETICS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0034192467     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.149.3.623     Document Type: Article

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