Bcl-2 and Bax function independently to regulate cell death.

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Published in Nat Genet on August 01, 1997

Authors

C M Knudson1, S J Korsmeyer

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1: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

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