BIM and other BCL-2 family proteins exhibit cross-species conservation of function between zebrafish and mammals

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1063-1072

  Jette, C A ^a   Flanagan, A M ^a   Ryan, J ^a   Pyati, U J ^a   Carbonneau, S ^a   Stewart, R A ^a   Langenau, D M ^b   Look, A T ^a   Letai, A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; CYTOCHROME C; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BID; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EMBRYO; FATALITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-ASSOCIATED DEATH PROTEIN; CELL LINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SERINE; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 44049101902     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2008.42     Document Type: Article

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