Expression of Bcl-xs in Xenopus oocytes induces BH3-dependent and caspase-dependent cytochrome c release and apoptosis

Molecular Cancer Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 186-194

  Braun, Tali ^a   Dar, Shachar ^a   Vorobiov, Dmitry ^a   Lindenboim, Liora ^a   Dascal, Nathan ^a   Stein, Reuven ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; OOCYTES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0037226618     PISSN: 15417786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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