Amyloid fibrils formed by the programmed cell death regulator Bcl-xL

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 415, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 584-599

  Chenal, Alexandre ^a,b   Vendrely, Charlotte ^a,c   Vitrac, Heidi ^a   Karst, Johanna C ^b   Gonneaud, Alexis ^a   Blanchet, Clément E ^a   Pichard, Sylvain ^d   Garcia, Elisabeth ^a   Salin, Bénédicte ^e   Catty, Patrice ^a   Gillet, Daniel ^d   Hussy, Nicolas ^a   Marquette, Christel ^a   Almunia, Christine ^f   Forge, Vincent ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^d SERVICE DE CHIMIE BIOORGANIQUE ET DE MARQUAGE   (France)

^e Institut de Biochimie et Genetique Cellulaires   (France)

^f CEA Marcoule   (France)

Author keywords

amyloid fibers; apoptosis; Bcl 2 protein family; native like fibers

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PROTEIN BCL XL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BETA SHEET; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICELLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84855831226     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: 10898638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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