BAG proteins and nucleic acid molecules encoding them

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ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a family of BAG-1 related proteins from humans (BAG-1L, BAG-1, BAG-2, BAG-3, BAG-4 and BAG-5), the invertebrateC. elegans(BAG-1, BAG-2) and the fission yeastS. pombe(BAG-1A, BAG-1B) and the nucleic acid molecules that encode them.

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