Contribution of the ICE family to neurodegeneration

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 840, Issue , 1998, Pages 59-64

  Shivers, Brenda D ^a   Boxer, Peter A ^a   Keane, Karen M ^a   Kupina, Nancy C ^b   Lynch, Toni ^b   Schielke, Gerald P ^b   Vartanian, Mark G ^a   Vasilakos, John P ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME REGULATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032077460     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09549.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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