Mechanisms mediating caspase activation in cell death

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1060-1066

  Kumar, S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspases; Oligomerisation; Prodomain

Indexed keywords

ADAPTOR PROTEIN; CASPASE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA CONVERTING ENZYME;

APOPTOSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

EID: 0032762030     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400600     Document Type: Review

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