Auto-activation of the apoptosis protein Bax increases mitochondrial membrane permeability and is inhibited by Bcl-2.

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Published in J Biol Chem on March 29, 2006

Authors

Chibing Tan1, Paulina J Dlugosz, Jun Peng, Zhi Zhang, Suzanne M Lapolla, Scott M Plafker, David W Andrews, Jialing Lin

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 940 Stanton L. Young Boulevard, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA.

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