REGULATORS OF CELL-DEATH

被引:626
作者
KORSMEYER, SJ
机构
[1] Division of Molecular Oncology, Department of Medicine and Pathology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Saint Louis
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10.1016/S0168-9525(00)89010-1
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Q3 [遗传学];
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071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
A novel oncogene-derived protein, Bcl-2, functions as a repressor of cell death in a genetic pathway of cellular suicide that appears to be common to all multicellular animals. A related protein that promotes cell death Bar, wrestles with Bcl-2 through conserved motifs, BH1 and BH2, establishing a set point for these deaths. In Bcl-2-deficient mice, the ratio of these molecules is reset, resulting in massive cell death in several cell types.
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页码:101 / 105
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