Mechanism of action of interleukin-2 (IL-2)-Bax, an apoptosis-inducing chimaeric protein targeted against cells expressing the IL-2 receptor.

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Published in Biochem J on February 15, 2003

Authors

Rami Aqeilan1, Rotem Kedar, Ahmi Ben-Yehudah, Haya Lorberboum-Galski

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cellular Biochemistry and Human Genetics, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem 91120, Israel.

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