Bax Inhibitor-1, a Mammalian Apoptosis Suppressor Identified by Functional Screening in Yeast
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Mammalian Bax-induced plant cell death can be down-regulated by overexpression of Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1 (AtBI-1).
We recently isolated the AtBI-1 (Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1) gene, the expression of which suppressed Bax-induced cell death in yeast. To determine whether the same is true in the plant system, transgenic Arabidopsis plants overexpressing Bax protein under a dexamethasone (DEX)-inducible promoter were generated. On DEX treatment, such transgenic plants exhibited marked cell death at the whole-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Cell
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1097-2765
DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(00)80034-9