Structure and Function of Interleukin-1β Converting Enzyme

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 53, Issue C, 1997, Pages 27-63

  Tocci, Michael J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; CASPASE 1; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030632421     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(08)60703-7     Document Type: Article

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