Enhanced Basal Apoptosis in Cultured Term Human Cytotrophoblasts is Associated with a Higher Expression and Physical Interaction of p53 and Bak

Placenta

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 978-983

  Hu, C ^a   Smith, S D ^a   Pang, L ^a   Sadovsky, Y ^a   Nelson, D M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bcl 2; Differentiation; p53; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CYTOKERATIN 18; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53; SERINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 33746974317     PISSN: 01434004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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