A natural killer cell granule protein that induces DNA fragmentation and, apoptosis

Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 553-566

  Shi, Lianfa ^a   Kraut, Ricky P ^a   Aebersold, Ruedi ^b   Greenberg, Arnold H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLOHEXIMIDE; CYTOCHALASIN B; CYTOLYSIN; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DNA; EGTAZIC ACID; FRAGMENTIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; SODIUM AZIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; DNA DAMAGE; EXOCYTOSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CALCIUM; CELL DEATH; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COUMARINS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA DAMAGE; EGTAZIC ACID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0026532606     PISSN: 00221007     EISSN: 15409538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1084/jem.175.2.553     Document Type: Article

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