The interleukin-1β converting enzyme family of cysteine proteases

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-10

  Miller, Douglas K ^a   Myerson, Joseph ^a   Becker, Joseph W ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

apoptosis; Ced3; cell activation; cysteine proteases; ICE; inflammation; secretion

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HYDROLYSIS; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BINDING SITES; CASPASE 1; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0031056893     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(199701)64:1<2::AID-JCB2>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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