Investigation of glucocorticoid-induced apoptotic pathway: Processing of caspase-6 but not caspase-3

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1034-1041

  Miyashita, Toshiyuki ^a   Nagao, Kazuaki ^a,b   Krajewski, Stanislaw ^c   Salvesen, Guy S ^c   Reed, John C ^c   Inoue, Tadashi ^b   Yamada, Masao ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b Nihon University   (Japan)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Caspase family; Glucocorticoid

Indexed keywords

CASPASE; CASPASE 3; CASPASE INHIBITOR; DNA FRAGMENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOMA; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

EID: 0032428841     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400442     Document Type: Article

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