The restrictive proteolysis of α-fodrin to a 120 kDa fragment is not catalyzed by calpains during thymic apoptosis

Apoptosis

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 84-90

  Kouchi, Z ^a,d   Saido, T C ^b   Ohyama, H ^c   Maruta, H ^d   Suzuki, K ^a   Tanuma, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Calpain; Thymocytes; X irradiation; fodrin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002442672     PISSN: 13608185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026443926962     Document Type: Article

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