Article Information
- Received January 13, 2011
- Revision received February 23, 2011
- Accepted March 3, 2011
- First published April 27, 2011.
- Version of record published April 27, 2011.
Author Information
- Stefka Mincheva1,
- Ana Garcera1,*,
- Myriam Gou-Fabregas1,*,
- Mario Encinas2,
- Xavier Dolcet2, and
- Rosa M. Soler1
- 1Unitat de Senyalització Neuronal, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Lleida–Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida (IRBLLEIDA), 25008 Lleida, Spain, and
- 2Research Laboratory and Department of Pathology and Molecular Genetics, Laboratori de Recerca and Departament de Genetica Molecular, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova–IRB Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
Author contributions
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Author contributions: S.M. and R.M.S. designed research; S.M., A.G., and M.G.-F. performed research; M.E. and X.D. contributed unpublished reagents/analytic tools; S.M., A.G., M.G.-F., and R.M.S. analyzed data; S.M. and R.M.S. wrote the paper.
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↵*A.G. and M.G.-F. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received January 13, 2011.
- Revision received February 23, 2011.
- Accepted March 3, 2011.
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This work was supported by grants to R.M.S. from Instituto de Salud Carlos III–Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias (PI080267), the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación [Consolider-Ingenio 2010 (CSD2007-00020)], and the Generalitat de Catalunya (Suport Grups de Recerca Emergents) (2009SGR740); and to M.E. from the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (BFU2007-67619). S.M. holds a fellowship from Comissionat per a Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Innovació, Universitats i Empresa de la Generalitat de Catalunya i del Fons Social Europeu; A.G. holds a postdoctoral contract from GENOMA España (GENAME project); M.G.-F. holds a fellowship from Universitat de Lleida. We especially thank Prof. Joan X. Comella for providing the Bcl-xL plasmid construct, Dr. Montserrat Rue for statistics support, and Berta Daussa for technical assistance. We also thank Dr. Elaine Lilly (Writer's First Aid) for English language revision of the manuscript.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Rosa M. Soler, Unitat de Senyalització Neuronal, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Lleida–Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida, Montserrat Roig 2, 25008-Lleida, Spain. rosa.soler{at}cmb.udl.cat
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