CPAN, a human nuclease regulated by the caspase-sensitive inhibitor DFF45

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 537-540

  Halenbeck, Robert ^a   MacDonald, Heather ^a   Roulston, Anne ^a   Chen, Timothy T ^a   Conroy, Leah ^a   Williams, Lewis T ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CASPASE ACTIVATED NUCLEASE; CLONE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME STRUCTURE; NUCLEASE;

EID: 0032560073     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)79298-x     Document Type: Article

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