Multiple, but concerted cellular activities of the human protein Hap46/BAG-1M and isoforms

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 906-928

  Gehring, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA binding; Hsp70 molecular chaperones; Multifunctional proteins; Protein folding; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BAG 1 PROTEIN; DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTEIN BAG 1M; PROTEIN HAP46; RAP PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ACTIVITY; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; DNA BINDING; HSP70 MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MURINAE;

EID: 63449137661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms10030906     Document Type: Review

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