Bak Activation for Apoptosis Involves Oligomerization of Dimers via Their α6 Helices

Molecular Cell

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 696-703

  Dewson, Grant ^a   Kratina, Tobias ^a   Czabotar, Peter ^a   Day, Catherine L ^b   Adams, Jerry M ^a   Kluck, Ruth M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CELLCYCLE; PROTEINS

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; DIMER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN BAK; ZINC;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME RELEASE; METAL BINDING; OLIGOMERIZATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RETROVIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BINDING SITES; CYTOCHROMES C; MICE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE DELETION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; ZINC;

EID: 70449941949     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.11.008     Document Type: Article

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