Release of Cytochrome C from Bax Pores at the Mitochondrial Membrane /631/114/2397 /639/638/440/56 /119/118 article

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Zhang, Mingzhen ^a   Zheng, Jie ^a   Nussinov, Ruth ^b,c   Ma, Buyong ^b  

^a University of Akron   (United States)

^b FREDERICK NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C; PROTEIN BAX;

APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CYTOCHROMES C; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 85020176615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02825-7     Document Type: Article

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