Mechanistic differences in the membrane activity of bax and Bcl-xL correlate with their opposing roles in apoptosis

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 421-431

  Bleicken, Stephanie ^a,b   Wagner, Corinna ^a,b   García Sáez, Ana J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOME; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN BID;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; POROSITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BCL-X PROTEIN; BH3 INTERACTING DOMAIN DEATH AGONIST PROTEIN; CATTLE; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POROSITY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES;

EID: 84872816605     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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