ICE-related proteases in apoptosis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 50-55

  Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Earnshaw, William C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; LAMIN; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030044816     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(96)90010-6     Document Type: Article

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