Fas activation of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase signalling pathway requires ICE/CED-3 family proteases

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 24-35

  Juo, Peter ^a   Kuo, Calvin J ^a,b   Reynolds, Susan E ^c   Konz, Richard F ^c   Raingeaud, Joël ^d   Davis, Roger J ^d   Biemann, Hans Peter ^c   Blenis, John ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c GENZYME CORPORATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; FAS ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TETRAPEPTIDE; TRIPEPTIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031015043     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.24     Document Type: Article

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