Human αA- and αB-crystallins bind to Bax and Bcl-Xs to sequester their translocation during staurosporine-induced apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 512-526

  Mao, Y W ^a,d   Liu, J P ^b   Xiang, H ^a,e   Li, D W C ^a,b,c  

^a Univ of Medicine Dentistry   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

A crystallin; B crystallin; Bax; Bcl Xs; R116C; R120G

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; CASPASE 3; CYTOCHROME C; ETOPOSIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROCASPASE 3; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X; SORBITOL; STAUROSPORINE; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; BAX PROTEIN, RAT; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, RAT; CASPASE; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOSOL; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTO ONCOGENE;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CASPASES; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHROMES C; CYTOSOL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ETOPOSIDE; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; SORBITOL; STAUROSPORINE;

EID: 2442681777     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401384     Document Type: Review

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