Shedding Light on Apoptosis at Subcellular Membranes
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Regulation of apoptosis by Bcl-2 family proteins is a paradigm for complex protein-protein and protein-membrane systems. Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of these interactions in vitro in live cells and in animal studies has been significantly enhanced by using fluorescence techniques.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 151 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012