Cytochrome c and dATP-dependent formation of Apaf-1/caspase-9 complex initiates an apoptotic protease cascade

Cell

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 479-489

  Li, Peng ^a   Nijhawan, Deepak ^a   Budihardjo, Imawati ^a   Srinivasula, Srinivasa M ^b   Ahmad, Manzoor ^b   Alnemri, Emad S ^b   Wang, Xiaodong ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CYTOCHROME C; PROTEINASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030715323     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)80434-1     Document Type: Article

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