Three-dimensional structure of Bax-mediated pores in membrane bilayers

Cell Death and Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Xu, X P ^a   Zhai, D ^a   Kim, E ^b   Swift, M ^a   Reed, J C ^a   Volkmann, N ^a   Hanein, D ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MSM Protein Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

3D image reconstruction; apoptosis; Bax; electron cryo microscopy; nanodiscs

Indexed keywords

BH3 PROTEIN; MONOMER; NANODISC; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN BCL XL; PROTEIN BID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; OLIGOMERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

EID: 84879679314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20414889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/cddis.2013.210     Document Type: Article

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