Pore formation by dimeric Bak and Bax: An unusual pore?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 372, Issue 1726, 2017, Pages

  Uren, Rachel T ^a   Iyer, Sweta ^a   Kluck, Ruth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bak; Bax; Heterogeneity; Membrane bilayer; Mitochondrial pore

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOPHYSICS; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PROTEIN; VERTEBRATE;

VERTEBRATA;

PROTEIN BAK; PROTEIN BAX;

APOPTOSIS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

APOPTOSIS; BCL-2 HOMOLOGOUS ANTAGONIST-KILLER PROTEIN; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANES; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

EID: 85021145392     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0218     Document Type: Review

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