Prep1 directly regulates the intrinsic apoptotic pathway by controlling Bcl-XL levels

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1143-1151

  Micali, Nicola ^a   Ferrai, Carmelo ^a   Fernandez Diaz, Luis C ^b   Blasi, Francesco ^a,b,c   Crippa, Massimo P ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; CASPASE 9; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PREP1; LIPOCORTIN 5; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PKNOX1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN BCL X;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 61749103631     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.01273-08     Document Type: Article

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