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Preferred term

Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Membrane proteins encoded by the BCL-2 GENES and serving as potent inhibitors of cell death by APOPTOSIS. The proteins are found on mitochondrial, microsomal, and NUCLEAR MEMBRANE sites within many cell types. Overexpression of bcl-2 proteins, due to a translocation of the gene, is associated with follicular lymphoma.

Entry terms

  • bcl-2 Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • c-bcl-2 Proteins

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-SVLWPWCT-2

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