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Regulation of Lymphocyte Survival by the BCL-2 Gene Family
1 Apr 1995
Abstract excerpt
The control of cell survival is of central importance in tissues with high cell turnover such as the lymphoid system, and its disruption may be a critical step in tumorigenesis. Genes homologous to bcl-2, the oncogene implicated in human follicular lymphoma, play a key role in regulating physiologic cell death (apoptosis). Bcl-2 and its relatives bcl-x and bax encode intracellular membrane-bound proteins that...
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