Molecular details of Bax activation, oligomerization, and membrane insertion.

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Published in J Biol Chem on December 12, 2009

Authors

Stephanie Bleicken1, Mirjam Classen, Pulagam V L Padmavathi, Takashi Ishikawa, Kornelius Zeth, Heinz-Jürgen Steinhoff, Enrica Bordignon

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany.

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