Defining the role of the Bcl-2 family of proteins in the nervous system

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 10-15

  Lindsten, Tullia ^a,b   Zong, Wei Xing ^a,b   Thompson, Craig B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 proteins; Excitotoxicity; Neuron

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; BIM PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN BIK; PROTEIN BMF; PROTEIN BNIP3; PROTEIN NOXA; PROTEIN PUMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; EXCITOTOXICITY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETINA; REVIEW; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROTOXINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 13544249779     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404269267     Document Type: Review

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