Direct evidence for membrane pore formation by the apoptotic protein Bax

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 298, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 744-749

  Epand, Raquel F ^a   Martinou, Jean Claude ^b   Montessuit, Sylvie ^b   Epand, Richard M ^a   Yip, Christopher M ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atomic force microscopy; Bax; Calcium; Membrane pore

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; LIPOSOME; PHOSPHOLIPID; PROTEIN BAX;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHANNEL GATING; MITOCHONDRION; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CALCIUM; LIPID BILAYERS; LIPOSOMES; MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 0036435610     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(02)02544-5     Document Type: Article

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