The cell death machinery controlled by Bax and Bcl-XL is evolutionary conserved in Ciona intestinalis

Apoptosis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1211-1220

  Takada, N ^a   Yamaguchi, H ^a   Shida, K ^b   Terajima, D ^b   Satou, Y ^c   Kasuya, A ^b   Satoh, N ^c   Satake, M ^b   Wang, H G ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ascidian; Bax; Bcl 2; Bcl XL; Cell death; ciBax; ciBcl XL; Ciona

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; HETERODIMER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL XL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CHORDATA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELL DEATH; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ASCIDIA; CHORDATA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 30944444369     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: 1573675X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-1391-4     Document Type: Article

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