NOVEL PEPTIDES WHICH INTERACT WITH ANTI-APOPTOTIC MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF BCL-2 PROTEINS AND USE THEREOF

摘要

The invention relates to the research and identification of novel peptides which interact with anti-apoptotic members of the family of Bcl-2 proteins by means of the double-hybrid system. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of screening and identifying modulators of the protein interaction between said novel peptides and the anti-apoptotic members of the family of Bcl-2 proteins. The modulators identified on the basis of said method are administered to cancer patients in order to induce apoptotic- and/or autophagic-type programmed cell death.