Bax dimerizes via a symmetric BH3:groove interface during apoptosis

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 661-670

  Dewson, G ^a,b   Ma, S ^a   Frederick, P ^a,c   Hockings, C ^a   Tan, I ^a   Kratina, T ^a   Kluck, R M ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Bax; BH3 domain; heterodimer; mitochondria; oligomer

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; CYTOCHROME C; HOMODIMER; OLIGOMER; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; DIMERIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROPHOBICITY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; CYTOCHROMES C; HUMANS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84858158794     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: 14765403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cdd.2011.138     Document Type: Article

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