Nuclear targeting of the serine protease granzyme A (fragmentin-1)

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2645-2654

  Jans, David A ^a   Briggs, Lyndall J ^a   Jans, Patricia ^a   Froelich, Christopher J ^d   Parasivam, Gayathri ^c   Kumar, Sharad ^c   Sutton, Vivien R ^b   Trapani, Joseph A ^b  

^a Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c HANSON INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Granzyme; Mouse; Nuclear localization; Perforin

Indexed keywords

3 [(3 CHOLAMIDOPROPYL)DIMETHYLAMMONIO] 1 PROPANESULFONIC ACID; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GRANZYME A; GRANZYME B; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE DERIVATIVE; PERFORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL KILLING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOSOL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; TARGET CELL;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOLIC ACIDS; CYTOSOL; CYTOTOXICITY, IMMUNOLOGIC; GRANZYMES; LIVER NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; NUCLEAR ENVELOPE; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; RATS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031669558     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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