Direct interaction of bax and bak proteins with Bcl-2 homology domain 3 (BH3)-only proteins in living cells revealed by fluorescence complementation

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 288, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4935-4946

  Vela, Laura ^a   Gonzalo, Oscar ^a   Naval, Javier ^a   Marzo, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTATION; DIRECT ACTIVATION; DIRECT INTERACTIONS; HOMOLOGY DOMAIN; LIVING CELL; MIXED MODELS;

CELL DEATH;

PROTEINS;

BH3 PROTEIN; BIM PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL X; PROTEIN MCL 1; PROTEIN NOXA; PUMA PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BH3 DOMAIN; BIMOLECULAR FLUORESCENCE COMPLEMENTATION; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; H1 ALPHA DOMAIN; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

APOPTOSIS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL DEATH; CYCLIN D1; CYTOSOL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VECTORS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2;

EID: 84874050737     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M112.422204     Document Type: Article

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