Structural, biochemical, and functional analyses of CED-9 recognition by the proapoptotic proteins EGL-1 and CED-4

Molecular Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 999-1006

  Yan, Nieng ^a   Gu, Lichuan ^a   Kokel, David ^b   Chai, Jijie ^a   Li, Wenyu ^a   Han, Aidong ^b   Chen, Lin ^b   Xue, Ding ^b   Shi, Yigong ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CED 4; PROTEIN CED 9; PROTEIN EGL 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSGENES;

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 4644249309     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2004.08.022     Document Type: Article

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