Transforming growth factor β (TGFβ)-induced apoptosis: The rise & fall of Bim

Cell Cycle

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Ramesh, Sneha ^a   Wildey, Gary M ^a   Howe, Philip H ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bim; Erk; MKP2; TGF

Indexed keywords

BIM PROTEIN; CASPASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BCL 2 LIKE PROTEIN 11; BCL-2-LIKE PROTEIN 11; DUAL SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPLEX FORMATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; DUAL-SPECIFICITY PHOSPHATASES; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 60749137393     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.1.7291     Document Type: Review

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