P18ABRP GENE AND P18ABRP PROTEIN, AND NOVEL GENE/PROTEIN (P60TRP) SUPPRESSING CELL DEATH AND SUBSTANCES PROMOTING CELL DEATH BY INTERACTION WITH THE SAME

摘要

The present invention provides a p18A.beta.rP gene having novelfunctions of promoting cell death, and its product, a p18A.beta.rPprotein. The present invention also provides screening systemsto which these are applied, cell-death promoting or suppressingsubstances obtainable by the screening system, and pharmaceuticalcompositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseasescontaining them.