Functional characterization of the Bcl-2 gene family in the zebrafish

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1631-1640

  Kratz, E ^a   Eimon, P M ^a   Mukhyala, K ^a   Stern, H ^a   Zha, J ^a   Strasser, A ^b   Hart, R ^a   Ashkenazi, A ^a  

^a GENENTECH INC   (United States)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2 family; Intrinsic pathway

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MCL 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SIMILARITY; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT GENE; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL; SYNTENY; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33747588097     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4402016     Document Type: Article

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