Puma strikes Bax

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-191

  Letai, Anthony ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PUMA PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITE; MITOCHONDRION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 65349185520     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: 00219525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200903134     Document Type: Note

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