Bcl-2 family members: Intracellular targeting, membrane-insertion, and changes in subcellular localization

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1644, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 95-105

  Schinzel, Anna ^a,b   Kaufmann, Thomas ^a,b   Borner, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 family; BH; Cyt.b5; Endoplasmic reticulum; ER; ER specific isoform of cytochrome b5; Membrane insertion; Mitochondrial outer membrane; MOM; Posttranslational modification; Subcellular localization; Tail anchoring; TMD; Translocation; Transmembrane domain

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL W; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL FATE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS MEMBRANE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CYTOSOL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TARGETING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 1442359881     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2003.09.006     Document Type: Review

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