Analysis of the Cytoprotective Role of α-Crystallins in Cell Survival and Implication of the αA-Crystallin C-Terminal Extension Domain in Preventing Bax-Induced Apoptosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Hamann, Séverine ^a,b   Métrailler, Sylviane ^a   Schorderet, Daniel F ^a,b,c   Cottet, Sandra ^a,c  

^a IRO   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 7; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN A CHAIN; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CASPASES; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOPROTECTION; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC VECTORS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84873261787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055372     Document Type: Article

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