The roles of Bcl-xL in modulating apoptosis during development of Xenopus laevis

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Johnston, Jillian ^a   Chan, Robert ^a   Calderon Segura, Maria ^a,c   McFarlane, Sarah ^b   Browder, Leon W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL XL; THYROID HORMONE; BCL-XL PROTEIN, XENOPUS; PROTEIN BCL X; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FROG; GAMMA RADIATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; IRRADIATION; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEXUAL MATURITY; TADPOLE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WILD TYPE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZYGOTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GAMMA RAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; SEX FACTORS; THYROID HORMONES; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 26844469739     PISSN: 1471213X     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-5-20     Document Type: Article

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