Bcl-xL sequesters its C-terminal membrane anchor in soluble, cytosolic homodimers

EMBO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2146-2155

  Jeong, Seon Yong ^a   Gaume, Brigitte ^a   Lee, Yang Ja ^a   Hsu, Yi Te ^b   Ryu, Seung Wook ^a   Yoon, Soo Han ^a   Youle, Richard J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bad; Bax; Bcl 2; Bcl xL; Dimerization

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS LINKING; CYTOSOL; DIMERIZATION; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYTOPLASM; DIMERIZATION; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942625430     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600225     Document Type: Article

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