There is more to life than death: a moonlighting function of a Bcl-2 member

Liat Ravid; Eli Arama

doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.016

There is more to life than death: a moonlighting function of a Bcl-2 member

Dev Cell. 2011 May 17;20(5):575-6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.016.

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Liat Ravid¹, Eli Arama

Affiliation

¹ Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel. eli.arama@weizmann.ac.il

PMID: 21571213
DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.04.016

Abstract

Members of the Bcl-2 family proteins are best known for their roles in apoptosis regulation. In this issue of Developmental Cell, Popgeorgiev et al. (2011) have uncovered a new, nonapoptotic role for a Bcl-2 homolog during early embryogenesis in zebrafish.

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