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BAX; BCL2-associated X protein (19q13.3-q13.4)
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BAX; BCL2-associated X protein

Location: 19q13.3-q13.4

BAX proteins regulate apoptosis in cellular pathways involving both BCL2 and TP53

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  Gene Database Entries for BAX

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      BAX and Apoptosis

  • Oltvai ZN, et al. Bcl-2 heterodimerizes in vivo with a conserved homolog, Bax, that accelerates programmed cell death. Cell 1993; 74(4):609-19    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Medline Search: bax AND apoptosis (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews]

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  •   BAX and Leukaemia

  • Meijerink JP, et al. Hematopoietic malignancies demonstrate loss-of-function mutations of BAX. Blood 1998; 91(8):2991-7    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Medline Search: bax AND leukemia (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews]

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  •   BAX and Childhood Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia

  • Hogarth LA, Hall AG Increased BAX expression is associated with an increased risk of relapse in childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia. Blood 1999; 93(8):2671-8    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Findley HW, et al. Expression and regulation of Bcl-2, Bcl-xl, and Bax correlate with p53 status and sensitivity to apoptosis in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood 1997; 89(8):2986-93    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Medline Search: bax AND childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews]

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  •   BAX and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia

  • Molica S, et al. Increased bcl-2/bax ratio in B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia is associated with a progressive pattern of disease. Haematologica 1998; 83(12):1122-4    Related articles (PubMed)

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    Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia : Clinical and Epidemiological Information

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  •   BAX and Colorectal Cancer

  • Rampino N, et al. Somatic frameshift mutations in the BAX gene in colon cancers of the microsatellite mutator phenotype. Science 1997; 275(5302):967-9    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Medline Search: bax AND colorectal cancer (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews]

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    ColoRectal Cancers : Clinical and Epidemiological Information

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  •   BAX and Pancreatic Cancer

  • Miyamoto Y, et al. Immunohistochemical analysis of Bcl-2, Bax, Bcl-X, and Mcl-1 expression in pancreatic cancers. Oncology 1999; 56(1):73-82    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Medline Search: bax AND pancreatic cancer (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews]

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  •   BAX and Gastric Carcinoma

  • Iacopetta BJ, et al. Gastric carcinomas with microsatellite instability: clinical features and mutations to the TGF-beta type II receptor, IGFII receptor, and BAX genes. J Pathol 1999; 187(4):428-32    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Medline Search: gastric cancer AND bax AND gene (PubMed)   Limit search to: [Last Year]  Limit search to: [Last 2 Years]   Limit search to: [Reviews]

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    Stomach (Gastric) Cancer : Clinical and Epidemiological Information

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  •   BAX Gene Transfer (Experimental)

  • Kagawa S, et al. A binary adenoviral vector system for expressing high levels of the proapoptotic gene bax. Gene Ther 2000;7(1):75-9    Related articles (PubMed)

  • Coll JL, et al. Antitumor activity of bax and p53 naked gene transfer in lung cancer: in vitro and in vivo analysis. Hum Gene Ther. 1998 Sep 20;9(14):2063-74.    Related articles (PubMed)

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