How BAX Triggers Cell Death (IMAGE)

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute

How BAX Triggers Cell Death

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Cell death is important for the removal of damaged or unwanted cells in our body. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have discovered an additional step in how the protein BAX is recruited to destroy cells by 'BH3-only proteins', by damaging their energy-producing structures called mitochondria.

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Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia

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