Loss of BH3-only protein bim inhibits apoptosis of hemopoietic cells in the fetal liver and male germ cells but not neuronal cells in Bcl-x-deficient mice

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 921-927

  Akhtar, Rizwan S ^a,b   Klocke, Barbara J ^a   Strasser, Andreas ^c   Roth, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Bim; Hematopoiesis; Neurodegeneration; Testicular development

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; BIM PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF APOPTOSIS PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BCL X GENE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE; GERM CELL; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; LETHALITY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS ATROPHY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-X PROTEIN; GERM CELLS; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 52949097660     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.2008.951749     Document Type: Article

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