The Bcl-2-regulated apoptotic pathway

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 4053-4056

  Willis, Simon ^a   Day, Catherine L ^b   Hinds, Mark G ^a   Huang, David C S ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0242351062     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00754     Document Type: Article

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