BIRC6 protein, an inhibitor of apoptosis: role in survival of human prostate cancer cells.

BIRC6 is a member of the Inhibitors of Apoptosis Protein (IAP) family which is thought to protect a variety of cancer cells from apoptosis. The main objective of the present study was to investigate whether BIRC6 plays a role in prostate cancer and could be useful as a novel therapeutic target.BIRC6...

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Main Authors: Christopher G Low, Iris S U Luk, Dong Lin, Ladan Fazli, Kuo Yang, Yong Xu, Martin Gleave, Peter W Gout, Yuzhuo Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3568134?pdf=render