The Bcl-2 protein family: Sensors and checkpoints for life-or-death decisions

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 615-647

  Borner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bcl 2; BH3 only; Caspase independent; Caspases; Lymphocyte survival; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN A1; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL 2 L 10; PROTEIN BCL B; PROTEIN BCL W; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BFL 1; PROTEIN BHRF1; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN BOK; PROTEIN BOO; PROTEIN CED 9; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN DIVA; PROTEIN E1B 19K; PROTEIN LMW5 HL; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN ORF16; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN V BCL 2; PROTEINASE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BINDING SITE; CELL DEATH; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHANNEL GATING; CLASSIFICATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRUG TARGETING; EUKARYOTE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMORY CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MAMMALS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037213368     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-5890(02)00252-3     Document Type: Review

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