Characterization of the BH3 protein Bmf in Gallus gallus: Identification of a novel chicken-specific isoform

Gene

Volumn 407, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-29

  Gómez Esquer, Francisco ^a   Palomar, Ma Angustias ^a   Rivas, Inés ^a   Delcán, José ^a   Linares, Rafael ^a   Díaz Gil, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bcl 2 family; BH3 only; Chicken embryo; Programmed cell death

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BH3 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DYNEIN LIGHT CHAIN 2; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN V; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BMF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CYTOSKELETON; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 37049021087     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2007.09.014     Document Type: Article

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