Mitochondrial p53 activates Bak and causes disruption of a Bak-Mcl1 complex

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 443-450

  Leu, J I Ju ^a   Dumont, Patrick ^b   Hafey, Michael ^b   Murphy, Maureen E ^b   George, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STRESS;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROMES C; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 2342553892     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncb1123     Document Type: Article

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