Two distinct steps of Bak regulation during apoptotic stress signaling: Different roles of MEKK1 and JNK1

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 312, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1581-1589

  Ihrlund, Linda Strandberg ^a   Hernlund, Emma ^a   Viktorsson, Kristina ^a   Panaretakis, Theocharis ^a   Barna, Gabor ^a   Sabapathy, Kanaga ^b   Linder, Stig ^a   Shoshan, Maria C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bak; Cisplatin; Complex formation; Human cancer cell line; JNK; MEKK1; Mitochondria; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL MARKER; CISPLATIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE KINASE 1; PROTEIN BAK; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INHIBITION KINETICS; MELANOMA CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646142067     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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