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Degenerative disorders caused by Bcl-2 deficiency prevented by loss of its BH3-only antagonist Bim.
Developmental cell - 1 Nov 2001
Bouillet P, Cory S, Zhang L C, Strasser A, Adams J M
Abstract excerpt
Apoptosis is triggered when proapoptotic members of the Bcl-2 protein family bearing only the BH3 association domain bind to Bcl-2 or its homologs and block their antiapoptotic activity. To test whether loss of the BH3-only protein Bim could prevent the cellular attrition caused by Bcl-2 deficiency, we generated mice lacking both genes. Mice without Bcl-2 have a fragile lymphoid system, become runted, turn gray,...
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