Bcl-2 is a monomeric protein: Prevention of homodimerization by structural constraints

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1534-1544

  Conus, Sébastien ^a   Kaufmann, Thomas ^a   Fellay, Isabelle ^a   Otter, Isabelle ^a,b   Rossé, Thierry ^a   Borner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; BH3 domain; Dimerization

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FAST PROTEIN LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034599946     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.7.1534     Document Type: Article

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