The importance of humanized yeast to better understand the role of Bcl-2 family in apoptosis: Finding of novel therapeutic opportunities

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 246-255

  Silva, Rui D ^a   Manon, Stéphen ^b   Gonçalves, Jorge ^c   Saraiva, Lucília ^d   Côrte Real, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Rua do Campo Alegre s n   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Apoptosis modulation; Bax; Bcl 2; Bcl 2 family proteins; Momp; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE TRANSLOCASE; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BCL2 RELATED PROTEIN A1; BIM PROTEIN; CALNEXIN; CYCLOPHILIN; CYCLOPHILIN D; CYTOCHROME C; LEXA PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL W; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN NOXA; PUMA PROTEIN; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

APOPTOSIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL PERMEABILIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; KLUYVEROMYCES LACTIS; MITOCHONDRION; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; YEAST;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; GENES, BCL-2; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; YEASTS;

EID: 79958219652     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: 18734286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161211795049651     Document Type: Review

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