Cathepsin D protease mediates programmed cell death induced by interferon-γ, Fas/APO-1 and TNF-α

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 3861-3870

  Deiss, Louis P ^a,b   Galinka, Hamutal ^a   Berissi, Hanna ^a   Cohen, Ofer ^a   Kimchi, Adi ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Cancer Research ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D; Cell death; Fas; Interferon ; TNF

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN D; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; FAS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; PEPSTATIN; PROTEINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SELECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSFECTION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

EID: 0029782494     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00760.x     Document Type: Article

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