Exon Skipping in Mcl-1 Results in a Bcl-2 Homology Domain 3 Only Gene Product That Promotes Cell Death

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Mcl-1 is a member of the Bcl-2 family that is regulated transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally, with expression of the full-length Mcl-1-encoded gene product resulting in enhanced cell survival. As reported here, the human Mcl-1 gene can also undergo differential splicing, which yields an internally deleted, death-inducing gene product, Mcl-1(s/Delta)(TM). Whereas full-length Mcl-1 derives from three coding...

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