MEK kinase 1, a substrate for DEVD-directed caspases, is involved in genotoxin-induced apoptosis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 2416-2429

  Widmann, Christian ^a   Gerwins, Pär ^a   Johnson, Nancy Lassignal ^a   Jarpe, Matthew B ^a   Johnson, Gary L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN;

EID: 0031954631     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.4.2416     Document Type: Article

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