Structured Summary
Abstract
A member of the bcl-2 protein family that plays a role in the regulation of APOPTOSIS and is a regulatory subunit for PROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 1. Two major isoforms of the protein exist due to ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of the BCL2L1 mRNA and are referred to as Bcl-XS and Bcl-XL.
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- bcl2-Like 1 Protein
- bcl2L1 Protein
- bcl X Protein
- bcl2 Like 1 Protein
- bcl-X(L) Protein
- bcl-X(S) Protein
- bcl-XL Protein
- bcl-XS Protein
- bcl-Xa Protein
- bcl-Xalpha Protein
- bcl-Xb Protein
- bcl-Xbeta Protein
- bcl-Xlong Protein
- bcl-Xshort Protein
- bcl-x(beta) Protein
- bcl XL Protein
- bcl XS Protein
- bcl Xa Protein
- bcl Xalpha Protein
- bcl Xb Protein
- bcl Xbeta Protein
- bcl Xlong Protein
- bcl Xshort Protein
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with the closely related BCL2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN
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2006(1993)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. bcl-X Protein. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D051020. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D051020
- bcl-X Protein. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24781455