Bim and the pro-survival Bcl-2 proteins: Opposites attract, ERK repels

Cell Cycle

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2236-2240

  Ewings, Katherine E ^a,b   Wiggins, Ceri M ^a   Cook, Simon J ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bax; Bim; ERK1 2; Mcl 1

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRESS; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 35148815554     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.18.4728     Document Type: Review

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