Unravelling the bcl-2 apoptosis code with a simple model system.

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Published in PLoS Biol on June 17, 2008

Authors

Gorka Basañez1, J Marie Hardwick

Author Affiliations

1: Unidad de Biofisica, Universidad del Pais Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Bilbao, Spain. gbzbaasg@lg.ehu.es

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