Traveling Bax and Forth from Mitochondria to Control Apoptosis

Antiapoptotic Bcl-2 proteins on mitochondria inhibit prodeath proteins, such as Bax, which are found primarily in the cytosol. In this issue, Edlich et al., (2011) show that Bax and Bcl-xL interact on the mitochondrial surface and then retrotranslocate to the cytosol, effectively preventing Bax-indu...

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Main Authors: Soriano, Maria Eugenia, Scorrano, Luca
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Cell Press 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072571/

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