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Regulation of BNIP3 in Normal and Cancer Cells
1 Feb 2006
Abstract excerpt
Bcl-2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa-interacting protein 3 (BNIP3) is a mitochondrial pro-apoptotic protein that has a single Bcl-2 homology 3 (BH3) domain and a COOH-terminal transmembrane (TM) domain. Al-though it belongs to the Bcl-2 family and can hetero-dimerize with Bcl-2, its pro-apoptotic activity is distinct from those of other members of the Bcl-2 family. For example, cell death mediated by BNIP3 is independent...
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