Role for the Bcl-2 family proteins and BH3 domain in apoptosis

Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-225

  Liu, Xiang Jun ^a,b   Zhang, Ling Qiang ^a   Liu, Xiao Lin ^b   He, Fu Chu ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF RADIATION MEDICINE   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; BH3 daomain; Cytocrome c; Mitochondria

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744953979     PISSN: 10003282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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