{"title":"Functional analysis of the pro-apoptotic factor Bax using hammerhead ribozymes.","authors":"H Takeda, H Kawasaki, K Taira","doi":"10.1093/nass/44.1.169","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A pro-apoptotic protein Bax is a Bcl-2 family member and forms homodimers and also heterodimerizes with death antagonists, Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL. To elucidate the detail of function of Bax in cells, we constructed a hammerhead ribozyme targeted to the Bax mRNA. The level of Bax protein in Hela-K cells expressing Bax-ribozyme was decreased compared with that of wild type Hela-K cells. Therefore, the Bax-ribozyme should be useful for the future investigations of the details of apoptosis pathway.</p>","PeriodicalId":19394,"journal":{"name":"Nucleic acids symposium series","volume":" 44","pages":"169-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/nass/44.1.169","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nucleic acids symposium series","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/nass/44.1.169","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A pro-apoptotic protein Bax is a Bcl-2 family member and forms homodimers and also heterodimerizes with death antagonists, Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL. To elucidate the detail of function of Bax in cells, we constructed a hammerhead ribozyme targeted to the Bax mRNA. The level of Bax protein in Hela-K cells expressing Bax-ribozyme was decreased compared with that of wild type Hela-K cells. Therefore, the Bax-ribozyme should be useful for the future investigations of the details of apoptosis pathway.
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