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has gloss | eng: Bcl-xl is a transmembrane molecule in the mitochondria. It is involved in the signal transduction pathway of the FAS-L. It is one of several anti-apoptotic proteins which are members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins. It has been implicated in the survival of cancer cells. "Bcl-xl" stands for "B-cell lymphoma-extra large". Other Bcl-2 proteins include Bcl-2, Bcl-w, Bcl-xs, and Mcl-1 It has been found that it spurred mitochondrial elongation and sped up fission and fusion, and without it stumpy and seemingly less energy efficient. |
lexicalization | eng: Bcl-xL |
instance of | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy mitochondrion, chondriosome |
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