Bim, Bad, and Bax: A deadly combination in epileptic seizures

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 960-962

  Niquet, Jerome ^a,b   Wasterlain, Claude G ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEIZURE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 2142707273     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI21478     Document Type: Review

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