BCL-2 and BAX protect adult mice from lethal Sindbis virus infection but do not protect spinal cord motor neurons or prevent paralysis

Journal of Virology

Volumn 76, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 10393-10400

  Kerr, Douglas A ^a   Larsen, Thomas ^a   Cook, Susan H ^a   Fannjiang, Yih Ru ^a   Choi, Eunkyung ^a   Griffin, Diane E ^a   Hardwick, J Marie ^a   Irani, David N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

ALPHAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTREMITIES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; PARALYSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SINDBIS VIRUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0036784611     PISSN: 0022538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.20.10393-10400.2002     Document Type: Article

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