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This term, derived from the Greek for "against death" ('athánatos), was incorporated into name of the gene Bcl-2-associated athanogene 1 (BAG-1; alias HAP46/BAG-1M) upon discovery of its ability to confer transfected cells with resistance to apoptosis.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Gehring, Ulrich (2004). "Biological activities of HAP46/BAG-1". EMBO J. 5: 148–53. doi:10.1038/sj.embor.7400083. PMC 1298994. PMID 14755308.
  2. ^ Takayama; et al. (1995). "Cloning and functional analysis of BAG-1: a novel Bcl-2-binding protein with anti-cell death activity". Cell. 80 (2): 279–84. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(95)90410-7. PMID 7834747.