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Bax cleavage is mediated by calpain during drug-induced apoptosis.
Oncogene - 3 Sept 1998
Wood D E, Thomas A, Devi L A, Berman Y, Beavis R C, Reed J C, Newcomb E W
Abstract excerpt
The anti-apoptotic molecule Bcl-2 is located in the mitochondrial and endoplasmic reticulum membranes as well as the nuclear envelope. Although its location has not been as rigorously defined, the pro-apoptotic molecule Bax appears to be mainly a cytosolic protein which translocates to the mitochondria upon induction of apoptosis. Here we identify a protease activity in mitochondria-enriched membrane fractions...
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