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Metaxin deficiency alters mitochondrial membrane permeability and leads to resistance to TNF-induced cell killing.
Protein & cell - 1 Feb 2010
Ono Koh, Wang Xiaofei, Kim Sung Ouk, Armstrong Lucas C, Bornstein Paul, Han Jiahuai
Abstract excerpt
Metaxin, a mitochondrial outer membrane protein, is critical for TNF-induced cell death in L929 cells. Its deficiency, caused by retroviral insertion-mediated mutagenesis, renders L929 cells resistance to TNF killing. In this study, we further characterized metaxin deficiency-caused TNF resistance in parallel with Bcl-X(L) overexpression-mediated death resistance. We did not find obvious change in mitochondria...
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