Crystal structure of Apaf-1 caspase recruitment domain: An α-helical Greek key fold for apoptotic signaling

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 293, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-447

  Vaughn, Daniel E ^a   Rodriguez, Joe ^a   Lazebnik, Yuri ^a   Joshua Tor, Leemor ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Death fold superfamily; Greek key; Ig fold; Six helix bundle

Indexed keywords

CASPASE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0032738099     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3177     Document Type: Article

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