The ICE family of cysteine proteases as effectors of cell death

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-267

  Kumar, Sharad ^a   Lavin, Martin F ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Programmed cell death; Protease activation

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DEATH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029794385     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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