Autoactivation of procaspase-9 by Apaf-1-mediated oligomerization

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 949-957

  Srinivasula, Srinivasa M ^a   Ahmad, Manzoor ^a   Fernandes Alnemri, Teresa ^a   Alnemri, Emad S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APAF1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BIOPOLYMER; CASP3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP7 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASP9 PROTEIN, HUMAN; CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 9; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; CYTOCHROME C; ENZYME PRECURSOR; PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; APOPTOSIS; APOPTOTIC PROTEASE-ACTIVATING FACTOR 1; BINDING SITES; BIOPOLYMERS; CASPASE 3; CASPASE 6; CASPASE 7; CASPASE 9; CASPASES; CATALYSIS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; CYTOCHROME C GROUP; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PRECURSORS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032085941     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80095-7     Document Type: Article

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