Mitochondrially targeted Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL chimeras elicit different apoptotic responses

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 378-387

  Liu, Sen ^a   Pereira, Natasha Ann ^a   Teo, Joong Jiat ^a   Miller, Peter ^a   Shah, Priya ^a   Song, Zhiwei ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bak; Bax; Bcl 2; Bcl XL; Chimera

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHIMERA; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 38349044203     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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