Induction of cell death by the BH3-only Bcl-2 homolog Nbk/Bik is mediated by an entirely Bax-dependent mitochondrial pathway

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 3580-3590

  Gillissen, Bernhard ^a   Essmann, Frank ^a,b   Graupner, Vilma ^a   Stärck, Lilian ^a   Radetzki, Silke ^a   Dörken, Bernd ^a   Schulze Osthoff, Klaus ^b   Daniel, Peter T ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bik; Mitochondria; Nbk

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BCL 2 INTERACTING KILLER PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NATURAL BORN KILLER PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MITOCHONDRION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPRESSOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILD TYPE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HUMANS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0042815099     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg343     Document Type: Article

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