Nuclear translocation of the pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family member Bok induces apoptosis

Molecular Carcinogenesis

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-83

  Bartholomeusz, Geoffrey ^a   Wu, Yadi ^a   Seyed, Mohamad Ali ^a   Xia, Weiya ^a   Kwong, Ka Yin ^a   Hortobagyi, Gabriel ^a   Hung, Mien Chie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Nuclear export signal; Nuclear transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EXPORTIN 1; LEPTOMYCIN B; LEUCINE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BOK; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL STRAIN HEK293; CELL STRAIN HEK293T; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT, CELL NUCLEUS; APOPTOSIS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELLS, CULTURED; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; KARYOPHERINS; MUTATION; NUCLEAR EXPORT SIGNALS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR;

EID: 32144464022     PISSN: 08991987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mc.20156     Document Type: Article

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