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Concomitant loss of proapoptotic BH3-only Bcl-2 antagonists Bik and Bim arrests spermatogenesis.
The EMBO journal - 16 Nov 2005
Coultas Leigh, Bouillet Philippe, Loveland Kate L, Meachem Sarah, Perlman Harris, Adams Jerry M, Strasser Andreas
Abstract excerpt
The BH3-only proteins of the Bcl-2 family initiate apoptosis through the activation of Bax-like relatives. Loss of individual BH3-only proteins can lead either to no phenotype, as in mice lacking Bik, or to marked cell excess, as in the hematopoietic compartment of animals lacking Bim. To investigate whether functional redundancy with Bim might obscure a significant role for Bik, we generated mice lacking both...
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