Mitochondrial membrane permeabilisation by Bax/Bak

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 304, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 455-461

  Esposti, Mauro Degli ^a   Dive, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; LIGAND; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL W; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID;

ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CROSS LINKING; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037427443     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00617-X     Document Type: Article

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