Debcl, a proapoptotic Bcl-2 homologue, is a component of the Drosophila melanogaster cell death machinery

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 703-714

  Colussi, Paul A ^a   Quinn, Leonie M ^b   Huang, David C S ^c   Coombe, Michelle ^b   Read, Stuart H ^a   Richardson, Helena ^b   Kumar, Sharad ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baculovirus P35; Bcl 2 family; BH domains; Caspase; Dark

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0034695914     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.148.4.703     Document Type: Article

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