Defective TNF-α-induced apoptosis in STAT1-null cells due to low constitutive levels of caspases

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5343, 1997, Pages 1630-1632

  Kumar, Aseem ^a,c   Commane, Mairead ^a   Flickinger, Thomas W ^a   Horvath, Curt M ^b   Stark, George R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NULL CELL; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

APOPTOSIS; CASPASE 1; CASPASE 2; CASPASE 3; CASPASES; CELL LINE; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DACTINOMYCIN; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; PHOSPHORYLATION; POINT MUTATION; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0030659512     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5343.1630     Document Type: Article

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