Bax forms multispanning monomers that oligomerize to permeabilize membranes during apoptosis

EMBO Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2096-2103

  Annis, Matthew G ^a   Soucie, Erinn L ^b   Dlugosz, Paulina J ^a   Cruz Aguado, Jorge A ^a   Penn, Linda Z ^b   Leber, Brian ^a   Andrews, David W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Membrane permeabilization; Membrane topology; Myc

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; MONOMER; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAX;

ALPHA HELIX; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROMES C; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRACELLULAR MEMBRANES; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; PERMEABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC;

EID: 21844464054     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600675     Document Type: Article

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